Greece at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Greece competed in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Greece sent a delegation consisting of 54 competitors for the multi-sporting event.[1]

Greece at the
2017 Deaflympics
IOC codeGRE
NOCGreece Deaf Sports Committee
Websitewww.hafdeaf.gr
in Sofia
Competitors54
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
5

The delegates who represented Greece won a total of 5 medals at the Deaflympic event including 2 gold medals to their medal tally.[2]

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Greece deaf women's basketball team created history in the basketball competition after beating favourites and European champions Lithuania in the women's basketball final to secure the gold medal with the final score ending up in the favour of Greece, 67-50.[3][4] This was the first instance where the national women's deaf basketball team was managed to clinch the gold medal in the competition. However, the Greek deaf men's basketball team only managed to secure the 4th place in the men's basketball event.[5]

Medalists
Name Medal Sport Event
Papadatos Alexandros  Gold Wrestling Greco-Roman - 130 kg
Greece  Gold Basketball Women's basketball
Papadatos Alexandros  Silver Wrestling Freestyle - 125 kg
Fouledaki Maria  Bronze Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
Liotsos Pavlos  Bronze Taekwondo Men's 58 kg

Medal table
Sport  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Wrestling 1 1 0 2
Basketball 1 0 0 1
Taekwondo 0 0 2 2
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References
  1. "Greece | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  2. "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  3. "Gold for Women's national team at deaflympics". AGONAsport.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  4. "Women's basketball| 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  5. "Men's basketball | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
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