John Karageorgis

John Karageorgis (Greek: Γιάννης Καραγεωργης or Ιωάννης Καραγεωργης; February 17, 1929 in Greece – March 20, 2002 in New York City)[1] was greek sailor competitor, regatta sailor and sportsman that had obtained the bronze medal for his country in the 1991 Laser Radial World Championship.

John Karageorgis
Personal information
Native nameΓιάννης Καραγεωργης
Ιωάννης Καραγεωργης
Full nameJohn Karageorgis
National teamGreece
Born1929
Athens, Greece
Died2002 (74)
New York City, United States
Sport
SportLaser Radial
Achievements and titles
World finals

Being an advanced age Regatta competitor, earned the bronze medal in 1991 for his country in the Laser Radial category[2].

His body was buried in the Saint Michael's Cemetery at East Elmhurst, New York.

Professional achievements

The new created Laser Radial World Championships, organized by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), held on January 1, 1991[3] in its third edition at the Porto Carras Grand Resort[4], located in the municipality of Sitonia, Macedonia Peninsula, Greece. At that time, it was not yet in the Olympic calendar, so, it was the highest tournament of the specialty.

For the date, refers to the third edition of the world championship of the specialty, whose medal was stayed with the Australian Stewart Casey in the first place with gold, in the second place with the silver also the Greek Maria Vlachau and in the third John Karageorgis with the bronze medal[5].

Until 2019, Karageorgis has been one of the 6 Greek male medalists in the history of the competition. This country occupies the 8th place in the historical medal table of the category, from a total of 20 countries that appear in it[6].

References
  1. "John Karageorgis". October 27, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. Sailing Info. "Triangle Sailing Boats" (in Greek). Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. World Sailing. "Laser Radial World Championships". Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  4. Porto Carras. "Sailing". Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  5. International Laser Class Association. "ILCA Handbook 2014". p. 56. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  6. International Laser Class Association. "World Champs". Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
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