# Greece at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Greece competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for three athletes in sailing events.

## Funding and support

Funding for Greece's national Paralympic committee comes through the Greek Ministry of Sports and the General Secretariat of Sports. While Greek Paralympians get some support from their national sport federations, many were also getting support from the Greek NPC. The economic situation in the country led to less funding from the government, which caused the Greeks rely more on sponsorship to serve a stop gap measure. One of the biggest sponsors was OPAP, Greece's national lottery. In a few cases, Greek athletes had to self-fund if they wanted to participate internationally as their NPC did not have the funds. In 2013, there was also a tremendous discrepancy in funding between Paralympic sport and Olympic sport, with the Olympic side getting €1,400,000 while the Paralympic side got €200,000.

## Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Athanasios Konstantinidis | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F32 | 8 September |
| Gold | Manolis Stefanoudakis | Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw F53/54 | 9 September |
| Gold | Pavlos Mamalos | Powerlifting | Men's −107 kg | 14 September |
| Gold | Che Jon Fernandes | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F53 | 14 September |
| Gold | Dimosthenis Michalentzakis | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S9 | 15 September |
| Silver | Dimitrios Senikidis | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F20 | 10 September |
| Silver | Panagiotis Triantafyllou | Wheelchair Fencing | Men's Sabre B | 12 September |
| Silver | Athanasios Konstantinidis | Athletics | Men's Club Throw F31/32 | 13 September |
| Silver | Grigorios Polychronidis | Boccia | Mixed Individual BC3 | 16 September |
| Bronze | Dimitrios Zisidis | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F32 | 8 September |
| Bronze | Dimitrios Bakochristos | Powerlifting | Men's −54 kg | 9 September |
| Bronze | Dimitra Korokida | Athletics | Women's Shot Put F53 | 12 September |
| Bronze | Anna Ntenta Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis | Boccia | Mixed Pairs BC3 | 12 September |
Multiple medalists :
| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| Athanasios Konstantinidis | Athletics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Grigorios Polychronidis | Boccia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Powerlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boccia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wheelchair Fencing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
Medals by day :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| 1 | 8 September | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 9 September | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 September | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 12 September | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 13 September | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 September | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 15 September | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 16 September | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athletics | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| Boccia | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Canoe Sprint | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cycling | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Powerlifting | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sailing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Wheelchair Fencing | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Wheelchair Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 44 | 16 | 60 |

## Archery

Dorothea Poimenidou earned Greece a spot at the Rio Games following her performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. She qualified the country after her performance in the women's recurve open.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Dorothea Poimenidou | Individual Recurve Open | 605 | 7 | Duboc (FRA) L 4-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics
### Track

| Athlete | Event | Classification | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Christos Koutoulias | 100m | T45/46/47 | 11.52 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michail Seitis | 100m | T43/44 | 11.30 PB | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michail Seitis | 200m | T43/44 | 22.45 PB | 7 q | 23.63 | 7 |
| Michail Seitis | 400m | T43/44 | 49.81 WR | 6 q | 49.66 WR | 6 |
| Christos Koutoulias Ioannis Sevdikalis Konstantin Veltsi Michail Seitis | 4 × 100 m relay | T42-47 | — | — | 47.79 | 5 |

### Field

| Athlete | Event | Classification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Distance | Position |
| Dimitrios Zisidis | Shot put | F32 | 9.24 PB | |
| Nikolaos Gonios | Shot put | F32 | 7.00 | 10 |
| Athanasios Konstantinidis | Shot put | F32 | 10.39 WR | |
| Che Jon Fernandes | Shot put | F53 | 8.44 | |
| Dimitrios Senikidis | Shot put | F20 | 16.17 | |
| Efstratios Nikolaidis | Shot put | F20 | 15.69 | 4 |
| Athanasios Konstantinidis | Club Throw | F31/32 | 33.69 | |
| Dimitrios Zisidis | Club Throw | F31/32 | 22.24 | 6 |
| Nikolaos Gonios | Club Throw | F31/32 | 27.26 | 5 |
| Christos Kapellas | Long Jump | T43/44 | 6.40 | 7 |
| Christos Koutoulias | Long Jump | T45/46/47 | 6.43 | 13 |
| Evangelos Kanavos | Long Jump | T20 | 6.48 | 9 |
| Konstantin Veltsi | Long Jump | T43/44 | 5.59 | 12 |
| Michail Seitis | Long Jump | T43/44 | 6.20 | 9 |
| Manolis Stefanoudakis | Javelin Throw | F53/54 | 29.45 PR | |

### Track

| Athlete | Event | Classification | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Styliani Smaragdi | 100m | T45/46/47 | 13.70 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field

| Athlete | Event | Classification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Distance | Position |
| Anthi Liagkou | Shot put | F33 | 4.69 | 5 |
| Dimitra Korokida | Shot put | F53 | 4.28 | |
| Valasia Kyrgiovanaki | Shot put | F20 | 12.11 | 4 |
| Zoi Mantoudi | Shot put | F20 | 11.31 | 9 |
| Styliani Smaragdi | Long Jump | T45/46/47 | 4.87 | 10 |

## Boccia
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Pool Matches | Pool Matches | Pool Matches | Pool Matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Grigorios Polychronidis | Mixed Ιndividual BC3 | McCowan (GBR) W 9-1 | Michel (AUS) W 7-2 | — | 1 Q | Ho (HKG) W 2-2 Tiebrake Win | Kim (KOR) W 4-1 | Jeong (KOR) L 1-8 | |
| Anna Ntenta | Mixed Ιndividual BC3 | Cilissen (BEL) W 1-6 | Ho (HKG) L 6-1 | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Panagiotis Soulanis | Mixed Ιndividual BC1 | Prado (ESP) W 6-1 | Ibarbure (ARG) W 6-4 | Leung Yee (HKG) L 0-9 | 2 Q | Perez (NED) L 0-13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chrysi Morfi Metzou | Mixed Ιndividual BC4 | Leung Wing (HKG) L 2-13 | Seo (KOR) L 1-10 | Vieira (POR) L 1-6 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Pairs and Teams

| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Pool matches | Pool matches | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Anna Ntenta Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis | Mixed Pairs BC3 | Singapore (SIN) L 2–3 | Great Britain (GBR) W 4–1 | Portugal (POR) W 5–2 | 2 Q | — | South Korea (KOR) L 1–6 | Singapore (SIN) W 8–1 | |

## Cycling
### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Athanasios Barakas | Men's Road Race B | DNF | DNF |
| Athanasios Barakas | Men's Road Time Trial B | 45:38.46 | 21 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Adamantia Chalkiadaki | Women's Road Race B | 2:02.52 | 6 |
| Adamantia Chalkiadaki | Women's Road Time Trial B | 43:03.79 | 12 |
| Paraskevi Kantza | Women's Road Race B | 2:43.00 | 16 |
| Paraskevi Kantza | Women's Road Time Trial B | 50:36.79 | 17 |

### Track
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time/Opposition Result | Rank |
| Athanasios Barakas | Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit | 5:03.979 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Athanasios Barakas | Men's B 1000m Time Trial | — | — | 1:07.479 | 10 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time/Opposition Result | Rank |
| Adamantia Chalkiadaki | Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit | 3:46.620 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adamantia Chalkiadaki | Women's B 1000m Time Trial | — | — | 1:13.431 | 10 |
| Paraskevi Kantza | Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit | 4:14.308 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paraskevi Kantza | Women's B 1000m Time Trial | — | — | 1:23.748 | 14 |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Theoklitos Papachristos | −100 kg | Bolukbasi (TUR) L 000–100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Paracanoeing
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Eleni Prelorentzou | KL1 | 1:53.367 | 10 SF | 1:44.092 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Powerlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
| Nikolaos Gkountanis | −65 kg | 181 | 5 |
| Pavlos Mamalos | −107 kg | 238 | |
| Dimitrios Bakochristos | −54 kg | 162 | |
| Paschalis Kouloumoglou | −59kg | 145 | 5 |
| Kostantinos Dimou | +107kg | 220 | 4 |
| Gkremislav Moysiadis | −80kg | 165 | 8 |

## Sailing
### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total points | Rank |
| Theodoros Alexas Vasileios Christoforou Argyris Notaroglou | 3-Person Keelboat (Sonar) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 7 |

## Shooting
### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Evangelos Kakosaios | Mixed R4 – 10 m Air Rifle Standing SH2 | 622.8 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Antonios Tsapatakis | 50 m Freestyle S5 | 37.57 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antonios Tsapatakis | 50 m Butterfly S5 | 44.55 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antonios Tsapatakis | 100 m Breaststroke SB4 | — | — | 1:37.69 | 4 |
| Aristeidis Makrodimitris | 200 m Freestyle S2 | 5:03.56 | 6 Q | 4:57.90 | 6 |
| Aristeidis Makrodimitris | 50 m Backstroke S2 | 1:02.29 | 7 Q | 1:03.46 | 7 |
| Aristeidis Makrodimitris | 100 m Backstroke S2 | 2:19.25 | 7 | 2:22.45 | 8 |
| Charalampos Taiganidis | 50 m Freestyle S12 | 24.97 | 6 Q | 24.99 | 6 |
| Charalampos Taiganidis | 100 m Backstroke S12 | 1:03.70 | 6 Q | 1:01.21 | 4 |
| Christos Tampaxis | 50 m Backstroke S1 | — | — | 1:22.30 | 4 |
| Christos Tampaxis | 100 m Backstroke S1 | — | — | 2:54.23 | 4 |
| Dimitrios Karypidis | 50 m Backstroke S1 | — | — | 1:32.09 | 5 |
| Dimitrios Karypidis | 100 m Backstroke S1 | — | — | 3:12.73 | 6 |
| Dimosthenis Michalentzakis | 50 m Freestyle S9 | 27.50 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dimosthenis Michalentzakis | 100 m Butterfly S9 | 1:01.91 | 3 Q | 59.27 PR | |
| Dimosthenis Michalentzakis | 200 m Medley SM9 | 2:26.15 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgios Kapellakis | 50 m Backstroke S2 | 1:14.47 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgios Kapellakis | 100 m Backstroke S2 | 2:45.85 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgios Sfaltos | 50 m Freestyle S6 | 32.65 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgios Sfaltos | 100 m Freestyle S6 | 1:12.15 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgios Sfaltos | 100 m Breaststroke SB5 | 1:40.17 | 6 Q | 1:40.05 NR | 6 |
| Gerasimos Lignos | 50 m Freestyle S13 | 27.09 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gerasimos Lignos | 100 m Breaststroke SB13 | 1:14.25 | 7 Q | 1:13.68 | 6 |
| Gerasimos Lignos | 100 m Backstroke S13 | 1:09.65 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ioannis Kostakis | 50 m Freestyle S3 | 55.45 | 8 Q | 53.95 | 7 |
| Ioannis Kostakis | 200 m Freestyle S3 | — | — | 4:01.46 | 7 |
| Ioannis Kostakis | 50 m Breaststroke SB2 | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ioannis Kostakis | 50 m Backstroke S3 | 1:17.35 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ioannis Kostakis | 150 m Medley SM3 | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Konstantinos Karaouzas | 50 m Breaststroke SB3 | 54.37 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Panagiotis Christakis | 50 m Freestyle S6 | 31.94 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Panagiotis Christakis | 100 m Freestyle S6 | 1:14.05 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Panagiotis Christakis | 50 m Butterfly S6 | 35.46 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Panagiotis Christakis | 100 m Breaststroke SB6 | 1:37.98 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Panagiotis Christakis | 200 m Medley SM6 | 2:59.64 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alexandra Stamatopoulou | 100 m Freestyle S3 | 1:44.29 | 5 Q | 1:47.16 | 6 |
| Alexandra Stamatopoulou | 50 m Backstroke S3 | 58.47 | 5 Q | 58.33 | 5 |
| Chrysoula Antoniadou | 200 m Freestyle S5 | 3:48.62 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chrysoula Antoniadou | 100 m Breaststroke SB4 | 2:06.92 | 8 Q | 2:06.24 | 7 |
| Maria Kalpakidou | 50 m Backstroke S2 | — | — | 1:24.45 | 5 |
| Maria Kalpakidou | 100 m Backstroke S2 | — | — | 3:00.72 | 5 |
| Semicha Rizaoglou | 50 m Freestyle S4 | 1:11.60 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Semicha Rizaoglou | 100 m Freestyle S3 | 2:30.78 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Semicha Rizaoglou | 50 m Backstroke S3 | 1:06.18 | 7 Q | 1:12.05 | 8 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Georgios Sfaltos Panagiotis Christakis Alexandra Stamatopoulou Chrysoula Antoniadou | 4 × 50 m Freestyle Relay 20Pts | 2:43.43 | 5 Q | 2:39.35 | 5 |

## Wheelchair fencing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Gerasimos Pylarinos Markantonatos | Sabre A | Lemoine (FRA) L 1–5  Tian (CHN) L 0–5  Chan (HKG) L 2–5  Demchuk (UKR) L 4–5  Cheong (HKG) W 5–2 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vasileios Ntounis | Sabre A | Chen (CHN) W 5–4  Tsedryk (UKR) W 5–3  Pellegrini (ITA) W 5–4  Noble (FRA) W 5–2  Osvath (HUN) W 5–2 | 1 Q | Chen (CHN) W 15–12 | Osvath (HUN) L 12–15 | Tian (CHN) L 5–15 | 4 |
| Panagiotis Triantafyllou | Sabre B | Castro (POL) W 5–3  Mainville (CAN) W 5-1  Cheema (GER) W 5-4  Feng (CHN) W 5-1 | 1 Q | Mainville (CAN) W 15–6 | Pluta (POL) W 15–14 | Datsko (UKR) L 7–15 | |
| Gerasimos Pylarinos Markantonatos Panagiotis Triantafyllou Vasileios Ntounis | Team Épée | France (FRA) L 22-45  Brazil (BRA) W 45-32 | 2 Q | — | China (CHN) L 33-45 | Poland (POL) L 29-45 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kalliopi Loufaki | Épée B | Pozniak (UKR) L 1-2  Demaude (FRA) W 5-3  Makowska (POL) L 0-5  Briese-Baetke (GER) L 2-5  Yao (CHN) L 2-5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wheelchair tennis

Stefanos Diamantis qualified for Rio in the men's singles event via a Bipartite Commission Invitation place.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Stefanos Diamantis | Men's singles | Jérémiasz (FRA) L 2-0 (0–6, 3–6) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |