Eleftherios Konsolas

Eleftherios Konsolas
Konsolas (first from right) in 2013
Personal information
Born (1988-12-17) 17 December 1988
Cholargos, Greece
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country  Greece
Sport Rowing

Eleftherios Konsolas (born 17 December 1988) is a Greek rower.[1] He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed in the Men's lightweight double sculls event together with his teammate Panagiotis Magdanis.[2] They qualified for the B finals, where they reached a second place, finishing in 8th place overall.[3]

Konsolas and Magdanis won the silver in the lightweight double sculls at the 2011 European Championships.[4]

In 2012, the team of Konsolas, Nikolaos Afentoulis, Georgios Konsolas and Panagiotis Magdanis won silver in the men's lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2012 World Championship.[5]

Konsolas was part of the Greek team that won the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships.[6][7] On both occasions, the team consisted of Konsolas, Georgios Konsolas, Spyridon Giannaros and Panagiotis Magdanis. In 2014, the team set a world record in the event.[7]

Konsolas won bronze at the 2016 and 2017 World Championships in the men's lightweight quadruple sculls. The 2016 team was the same as the world championship winning team.[8] In 2017 rowed with Ninos Nikolaidis, Panagiotis Magdanis and Spyridon Giannaros.[9]

References

  1. Eleftherios Konsolas at FISA WorldRowing.com
  2. "Eleftherios Konsolas – Rowing – Olympic Athlete". LOCOG. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. "Men's Lightweight Double Sculls – Olympic Rowing". LOCOG. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. "2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Plovdiv, BUL -(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  5. "2012 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Plovdiv, BUL -(LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  6. "2013 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Chungju, KOR – (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 "2014 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Amsterdam, NED – (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  8. "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Rotterdam, NED – (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  9. "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Sarasota-Bradenton, USA – (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.


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