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Gerasimos Vryonis

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Greece
Athletics

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Classification
F53

Further personal information

Family
One child
Residence
Athens, GRE

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He began training in 1992, and competing in 1993.
Club / Team
Aetoi [Eagles]: Greece
Name of coach
George Toptsis
Coach from which country?
Greece

General interest

Hobbies
Modelling radio controlled vehicles. (NPC, 27 Aug 2012)
Impairment
He has quadriplegia. (paralympic.gr, 12 Apr 2013)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games (Atlanta, United States of America)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Shot Put F52 Final Round 4
Men's Javelin F52 Final Round 6
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Shot Put F53/54 Final Round 11
IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Javelin F53 Final Round 5
Men's Shot Put F53/54 Final Round 8
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Javelin F52-53 Final Round 8
Men's Shot Put F53 Final Round 4
IPC Athletics World Championships Villeneuve d'Ascq 2002 (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Javelin F53 Final Round 5
Men's Shot Put F53 Final Round 4
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Javelin F53 Final Round 4
Men's Shot Put F53 Final Round 5
IPC Athletics World Championships Birmingham 1998 (Birmingham, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Javelin F53 Final Round 4
Men's Shot Put F53 Final Round 5
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Shot Put F52/53 Final 2011-01-24 6
Men's Javelin F52/53 Final 2011-01-29 7
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Shot Put F52/53 Final Round 2012-08-31 9999
Men's Javelin F52/53 Final Round 2012-09-04 9
IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Shot Put F52/53 Final 1 2013-07-23 5
Men's Javelin F52/53 Final 1 2013-07-26 8