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Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Short stature
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Further personal information
Residence
Thessaloniki, GRE
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
English, Greek, Turkish
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
He took up swimming at age four in Thessaloniki, Greece, and began competing in the sport in 2000.
Why this sport?
"Swimming was the first and only sport I tried and as it turned out it was for me. I really loved it."
Name of coach
Grigoris Spanoudis [swimming]
International debut
Year
2009 [Para swimming]
Competing for
Greece
General interest
Hobbies
Water sports, fishing, travelling. (Facebook profile, 20 Jan 2021; Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)
Most influential person in career
His mother. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Swimming is my life." (Facebook profile, 27 Feb 2020)
Other sports
He was classified in both Para athletics [F40] and Para swimming [S6, SM6, SB6] for the 2022 season. (IPC, 13 May 2022)
Impairment
He was born with hypochondroplasia and is a person of short stature. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)
Results
| Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 | Heat 1 | 6 | ||
| Men's 50 m Freestyle S6 | Heat 1 | 5 | ||
| Men's 50 m Butterfly S6 | Heat 2 | 2 | ||
| Men's 4x50 m Medley 20pts | Final Round | 6 | ||
| Men's 4x50 m Medley 20pts | Heat 1 | 4 | ||
| Men's 400 m Freestyle S6 | Heat 1 | 4 | ||
| Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 | Final Round | 6 | ||
| Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 | Heat 1 | 4 | ||
| Men's 100 m Freestyle S6 | Heat 1 | 3 |
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 | Final 1 | 2013-08-13 | 8 | |
| Men's 50 m Freestyle S6 | Final 1 | 2013-08-14 | 5 | |
| Men's 50 m Freestyle S6 | Heat 1 | 2013-08-14 | 6 | |
| Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 | Heat 1 | 2013-08-15 | 9 | |
| Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 | Final 1 | 2013-08-15 | 7 |
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts | Final Round | 2016-09-09 | 5 | |
| Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts | Heat 1 | 2016-09-09 | 2 | |
| Men's 50 m Butterfly S6 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-09 | 6 | |
| Men's 50 m Freestyle S6 | Heat 3 | 2016-09-10 | 4 | |
| Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-12 | 5 | |
| Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-15 | 6 | |
| Men's 100 m Freestyle S6 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-17 | 4 |