Funding and support
Funding for Greece's national Paralympic committee comes through the Greek Ministry of Sports and the General Secretariat of Sports. While Greek Paralympians get some support from their national sport federations, many were also getting support from the Greek NPC. The economic situation in the country led to less funding from the government, which caused the Greeks rely more on sponsorship to serve a stop gap measure. One of the biggest sponsors was OPAP, Greece's national lottery. In a few cases, Greek athletes had to self-fund if they wanted to participate internationally as their NPC did not have the funds. In 2013, there was also a tremendous discrepancy in funding between Paralympic sport and Olympic sport, with the Olympic side getting €1,400,000 while the Paralympic side got €200,000.[2]
Disability classifications
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[3][4] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[5]
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Archery
Dorothea Poimenidou earned Greece a spot at the Rio Games following her performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. She qualified the country after her performance in the women's recurve open.[6]
- Women
Athlete |
Event |
Ranking round |
Round of 32 |
Round of 16 |
Quarterfinals |
Semifinals |
Final / BM |
Score |
Seed |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank |
Dorothea Poimenidou |
Individual Recurve Open |
605 |
7 |
Duboc (FRA) L 4-6 |
Did not advance |
Athletics
- Men
- Track
Athlete |
Event |
Classification |
Heat |
Final |
Time |
Rank |
Time |
Rank |
Christos Koutoulias |
100m |
T45/46/47 |
11.52 |
10 |
Did not advance |
Michail Seitis |
T43/44 |
11.30 PB |
10 |
Did not advance |
200m |
T43/44 |
22.45 PB |
7 q |
23.63 |
7 |
400m |
T43/44 |
49.81 WR |
6 q |
49.66 WR |
6 |
Christos Koutoulias Ioannis Sevdikalis Konstantin Veltsi Michail Seitis |
4x100m Relay |
T42-47 |
N/A |
47.79 |
5 |
- Field
- Women
- Track
Athlete |
Event |
Classification |
Heat |
Final |
Time |
Rank |
Time |
Rank |
Styliani Smaragdi |
100m |
T45/46/47 |
13.70 |
11 |
Did not advance |
- Field
Athlete |
Event |
Classification |
Final |
Distance |
Position |
Anthi Liagkou |
Shot Put |
F33 |
4.69 |
5 |
Dimitra Korokida |
F53 |
4.28 |
![3rd, bronze medalist(s)](../I/m/Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png) |
Valasia Kyrgiovanaki |
F20 |
12.11 |
4 |
Zoi Mantoudi |
F20 |
11.31 |
9 |
Styliani Smaragdi |
Long Jump |
T45/46/47 |
4.87 |
10 |
Boccia
- Individual
- Pairs and Teams
Cycling
Track
- Men
Athlete |
Event |
Qualification |
Final |
Time |
Rank |
Time/Opposition Result |
Rank |
Athanasios Barakas |
Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit |
5:03.979 |
16 |
Did not advance |
Men's B 1000m Time Trial |
N/A |
1:07.479 |
10 |
- Women
Athlete |
Event |
Qualification |
Final |
Time |
Rank |
Time/Opposition Result |
Rank |
Adamantia Chalkiadaki |
Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit |
3:46.620 |
10 |
Did not advance |
Women's B 1000m Time Trial |
N/A |
1:13.431 |
10 |
Paraskevi Kantza |
Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit |
4:14.308 |
14 |
Did not advance |
Women's B 1000m Time Trial |
N/A |
1:23.748 |
14 |
Judo
- Men
Athlete |
Event |
Round of 16 |
Quarterfinals |
Semifinals |
Repechage 1 |
Repechage 2 |
Final / BM |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank |
Theoklitos Papachristos |
−100 kg |
Bolukbasi (TUR) L 000–100 |
Did not advance |
Paracanoeing
- Canoe Sprint
- Women
Athlete |
Event |
Heats |
Semifinal |
Final |
Time |
Rank |
Time |
Rank |
Time |
Rank |
Eleni Prelorentzou |
KL1 |
1:53.367 |
10 SF |
1:44.092 |
5 |
Did not advance |
Sailing
- Mixed
Athlete |
Event |
Race |
Total points |
Rank |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Theodoros Alexas Vasileios Christoforou Argyris Notaroglou |
3-Person Keelboat (Sonar) |
3 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
58 |
7 |
Shooting
- Mixed
Athlete |
Event |
Qualification |
Final |
Score |
Rank |
Score |
Rank |
Evangelos Kakosaios |
Mixed R4 – 10 m Air Rifle Standing SH2 |
622.8 |
23 |
Did not advance |
Swimming
- Men
- Women
- Mixed
Athlete |
Event |
Heat |
Final |
Time |
Rank |
Time |
Rank |
Georgios Sfaltos Panagiotis Christakis Alexandra Stamatopoulou Chrysoula Antoniadou |
4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay 20Pts |
2:43.43 |
5 Q |
2:39.35 |
5 |
Wheelchair fencing
- Men
- Women
Athlete |
Event |
Pool matches |
Quarterfinals |
Semifinals |
Final / BM |
Opposition Score |
Rank |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank |
Kalliopi Loufaki |
Épée B |
Pozniak (UKR) L 1-2
Demaude (FRA) W 5-3
Makowska (POL) L 0-5
Briese-Baetke (GER) L 2-5
Yao (CHN) L 2-5
|
5 |
Did not advance |
Wheelchair tennis
Stefanos Diamantis qualified for Rio in the men's singles event via a Bipartite Commission Invitation place.[7]
- Men
Athlete |
Event |
Round of 64 |
Round of 32 |
Round of 16 |
Quarterfinals |
Semifinals |
Final / BM |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank |
Stefanos Diamantis |
Men's Singles |
Jeremiasz (FRA) L 2-0 (0–6, 3–6) |
Did not advance |
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