- Dimosthenis Tampakos (Greek: ฮฮทฮผฮฟฯฮธฮญฮฝฮทฯ ฮคฮฑฮผฯฮฌฮบฮฟฯ, born 12 November 1976 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. He won gold in the men's rings at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 9.862. He had also won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2003 he tied for first place with Yordan Yovchev at the World Championships. He also won twice the gold medal at the European Championships in 2000 (Bremen) and in 2004 (Ljubljana).
- Dimitrios (or Demetrius) P. Golemis (Greek: ฮฮทฮผฮฎฯฯฮนฮฟฯ ฮฮฟฮปฮญฮผฮทฯ; November 15, 1874 in Lefkada - January 9, 1941) was a Greek athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
- Ionikos Nikaias, Aries Trikala, PAOKSofoklis Schortsanitis (born 22 June 1985) is a Cameroonian-Greek former professional basketball player. An All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2011, Schortsanitis won the EuroLeague title in 2014 with Maccabi Tel Aviv, and reached the EuroLeague Final in 2010 and 2011, while playing for Olympiacos and Maccabi, respectively. He was a member of the senior Greek national team that captured silver medal honours in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and a bronze medal in the EuroBasket 2009. He is nicknamed "Big Sofo" or "Baby Shaq".
A.O. TrikalaDimosthenis Manousakis (Greek: ฮฮทฮผฮฟฯฮธฮญฮฝฮทฯ ฮฮฑฮฝฮฟฯ ฯฮฌฮบฮทฯ; born 19 January 1981) is a Greek footballer. He currently plays for Aiolikos in the Football League 2 (Greece).Stiliani Papadopoulou
Stiliani ("Stella") Papadopoulou (Greek: ฮฃฯฯ ฮปฮนฮฑฮฝฮฎ "ฮฃฯฮญฮปฮปฮฑ" ฮ ฮฑฯฮฑฮดฮฟฯฮฟฯฮปฮฟฯ , born March 15, 1982) is a female hammer thrower from Greece. She was born in Thessaloniki. Her personal best throw is 72.10 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Nikiti. This is the Greek record.She finished eleventh at the 2008 Olympic Games. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the finals.Stiliani Pilatou
Stiliani "Stella" Pilatou (Greek: ฮฃฯฯ ฮปฮนฮฑฮฝฮฎ "ฮฃฯฮญฮปฮปฮฑ" ฮ ฮนฮปฮฌฯฮฟฯ , born 28 March 1980 in Heraklion) is a Greek long jumper. Her personal best jump is 6.75 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Volos. This places her fourth in the all-time Greek performers list, behind Niki Xanthou, Paraskevi Tsiamita and Hrysopiyi Devetzi. Pilatou has a better indoor personal best with 6.80 metres.- Alexandra Papageorgiou (Greek: ฮฮปฮตฮพฮฌฮฝฮดฯฮฑ ฮ ฮฑฯฮฑฮณฮตฯฯฮณฮฏฮฟฯ , born December 17, 1980) is a female hammer thrower from Athens, Greece. Her personal best throw is 70.73 metres, achieved on August 1, 2009, in Thessaloniki. This places her second on the Greek all-time list, behind Stiliani Papadopoulou.
- Olympiakos Volou FCLeonidas Kampantais (Greek: ฮฮตฯฮฝฮฏฮดฮฑฯ ฮฮฑฮผฯฮฌฮฝฯฮฑฮทฯ; born 8 March 1982) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Atlantis Anthoussa.
- Vasilis "Vasia" Hatzipanagis (Greek: ฮฮฑฯฮฏฮปฮทฯ ฮงฮฑฯฮถฮทฯฮฑฮฝฮฑฮณฮฎฯ, Greek pronunciation: [va'silis xadอกzipana'สis], born 26 October 1954) is a retired Greek footballer. He played for Iraklis in the Greek Alpha Ethniki and Pakhtakor in the Soviet Supreme League. He also played for Greece and the USSR Olympic side. He is often regarded as the Greek Maradona.
- Memphis GrizzliesAntonis Fotsis (born April 1, 1981) is a Greek professional basketball player for Ilysiakos. He was also the captain of the senior men's Greek national basketball team. He is a 2.09-metre (6 ft 10+1โ4 in) tall power forward, who can also play as a small ball center, or even as a small forward, if needed.
- Georgios Printezis (alternate spelling: Giorgos) (Greek: ฮฮนฯฯฮณฮฟฯ ฮ ฯฮฏฮฝฯฮตฮถฮทฯ; born February 22, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. A 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall power forward, he earned an All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2017. Printezis won back to back EuroLeague titles with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013. His game-winning shot against CSKA Moscow at the end of the 2012 EuroLeague Final, off a Vassilis Spanoulis assist, is a EuroLeague history highlight. Bearing the colours of Greece, Printezis was instrumental in a bronze medal run at EuroBasket 2009.
Ekaterini Voggoli
Ekaterini Voggoli (Greek: ฮฮนฮบฮฑฯฮตฯฮฏฮฝฮท ฮฯฮณฮณฮฟฮปฮท, [ekateหrini หvoลษกoli], born October 30, 1970 in Larissa) is a retired Greek discus thrower. She was the 2002 European champion and 2003 World Championship bronze medalist. In June 2004 she beat Anastasia Kelesidou's Greek record by 2 centimetres, throwing 67.72 metres in Athens.Konstantinos Economidis
Konstantinos Economidis (Greek: ฮฯฮฝฯฯฮฑฮฝฯฮฏฮฝฮฟฯ ฮฮนฮบฮฟฮฝฮฟฮผฮฏฮดฮทฯ, born 2 November 1977) is a professional Greek tennis player and a former Greek No. 1. In 2007, he qualified for the French Open and defeated Australian Chris Guccione in the first round before losing to Tommy Robredo in the second round. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 112 in February 2007 and has won 5 Challenger titles.Despite playing relatively few ATP Tour-level matches, Economidis has impressively managed to post a positive record in both singles and doubles.- Milan Guroviฤ (Serbian Cyrillic: ะะธะปะฐะฝ ะััะพะฒะธั; born 17 June 1975) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current basketball coach. Born in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia Guroviฤ was a regular member of the FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro national team, and played for many clubs all over Europe during his career.
- Nikolaos "Nikos" Zisis (alternate spelling: Zissis; Greek: ฮฮนฮบฯฮปฮฑฮฟฯ "ฮฮฏฮบฮฟฯ" ฮฮฎฯฮทฯ; born August 16, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball for Club Joventut Badalona of the Liga ACB.
Maria Lazarou
Maria Lazarou (Greek: ฮฮฑฯฮฏฮฑ ฮฮฑฮถฮฌฯฮฟฯ ; born 30 September 1972) is a retired Greek football player. Lazarou played club football for several clubs in the Greek Women's Alpha Ethniki. She also had a spell in the German Fuรball-Bundesliga with FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen.Lazarou appeared 111 times for the Greece women's national football team, including six appearances in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying rounds. She also played for Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Elpida Romantzi
Elpida Romantzi (born July 17, 1981 in Thessalonica) is an archer from Greece. She placed 34th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 624 at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the first round of elimination, she faced 11th-ranked Bรฉrengรจre Schuh of France. Romantzi defeated Schuh, winning 151-143 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced Lee Sung Jin of Korea, losing to the 2nd-ranked and eventual silver medalist archer 166-146. Romantzi finished 31st in women's individual archery. Romantzi was also a member of the 5th-place Greek team in the women's team archery competition. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Romantzi finished her ranking round with a total of 614 points. This gave her the 49th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced 16th seed Zekiye Keskin Satir in the first round, beating the archer from Turkey with 105-103. In the second round she was too strong for Kristine Esebua after both archers scored 102 points in the regular match and a 10-9 score in the decisive extra round. Romantzi was eliminated in the third round by first seed Park Sung-Hyun with 115-103, with the 115 being a new Olympic Record.- Kerkyra FCIeroklis Stoltidis (Greek: ฮฮตฯฮฟฮบฮปฮฎฯ ฮฃฯฮฟฮปฯฮฏฮดฮทฯ; born 2 February 1975 in Thessaloniki), also known as "Iรฉro", is a retired Greek footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder. He's well known as a passionate, determined anchorman with tremendous mental and physical courage. On 23 November 2005 he dived in late, high and 2 footed on 18 year old Rosenborg player Per Ciljan Skjelbred, breaking both bones in his lower leg just above the ankle. It's not known if this was a result of his mental or physical courage but Stoltidis confirmed that he 'didn't mean it'.
Ilias Iliadis
Ilias Iliadis (Greek: ฮฮปฮฏฮฑฯ ฮฮปฮนฮฌฮดฮทฯ, born Jarji Zviadauri, Georgian: แฏแแ แฏแ แแแแแแแฃแ แ, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-born Greek judoka who has been competing for Greece since the start of his international career. He won a gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at age 17. Illiadis also won a gold medal 6 years later at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo in the โ90 kg category. As Greece's flagbearer, he had the honour of being the first athlete to march into the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Iliadis is a cousin of another Olympic champion, Georgian judoka Zurab Zviadauri, who also won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympic games. Iliadis's family moved to Greece in 2003. He was adopted by Nikos Iliadis.- Charilaos Vasilakos (Greek: ฮงฮฑฯฮฏฮปฮฑฮฟฯ ฮฮฑฯฮนฮปฮฌฮบฮฟฯ, 1875 โ December 1, 1964) was a Greek athlete and the first man to win a marathon race. He also won a silver medal at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
- Duลกan Jeliฤ (Cyrillic: ะััะฐะฝ ะะตะปะธั; born 13 August 1974) is a Serbian-Greek retired professional basketball player. at 2.11 m (6'11") tall, he played at the center position.
- Periklรญs Iakovรกkis (Greek: ฮ ฮตฯฮนฮบฮปฮฎฯ ฮฮฑฮบฯฮฒฮฌฮบฮทฯ, [periหklis iakoหvacis], born 24 March 1979 in Patras) is a retired Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder with a time of 47.82 seconds and fifteen times national champion in the event. He has competed at four Summer Olympics (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012) and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics. He was the world bronze medalist in 2003 and the European champion in 2006. His first major win came at the 1998 World Junior Championships and he won the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games.
- Georgios Roubanis (Greek: ฮฮตฯฯฮณฮนฮฟฯ ฮกฮฟฯ ฮผฯฮฑฮฝฮทฯ, born August 15, 1929) is a Greek pole vaulter. He was born in Thessalonica. He competed at three Olympic Games.At the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, he won a bronze medal in the pole vault, as he scored 4.50 m (Greek record at the time), on 26 November 1956. In order to attend the Melbourne event, Roubanis lost a semester of his studies at UCLA in the United States. He abandoned athletics in 1961. After studying political economics, he got his master's degree in local self-government. He had worked in the USA for 5 years as a management consultant, for a movie company. He had also set up an advertising company and a printing plant. In sports, he served as the President of the Panhellenic Association of Calisthenics and founded several other associations.
- Panathinaikos FCKonstantinos "Kostas" Katsouranis - Cazzo (Greek: ฮฯฮฝฯฯฮฑฮฝฯฮฏฮฝฮฟฯ "ฮฯฯฯฮฑฯ" ฮฮฑฯฯฮฟฯ ฯฮฌฮฝฮทฯ; born 21 June 1979) is a former Greek professional footballer. A versatile defensive midfielder, he won the Super League Greek Footballer of the Year Award in 2005 and 2013, as well as the Cosme Damiรฃo Award for Footballer of the Year in 2008.Internationally, Katsouranis represented the Greece national team between 2002 and 2015. He was a key member of the Euro 2004 winning squad, and also represented Greece in Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012 and the 2014 World Cup. With 116 appearances, he is a member of a closed club of players who had more than 100 caps in the history of the Greek national team.
- Celtic F.C.Georgios Samaras (Greek: ฮฮนฯฯฮณฮฟฯ ฮฃฮฑฮผฮฑฯฮฌฯ, pronounced [หสorษฃos samaหras], born 21 February 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a winger or a striker, most recently playing for Turkish club Samsunspor. Samaras started his career at OFI Crete, before moving on to Eredivisie side Heerenveen in 2001. He made his first team debut two years later and after a further three seasons with the club he moved to Premier League club Manchester City for a fee of ยฃ6 million in 2006. After Sven-Gรถran Eriksson took over as manager Samaras fell out of favour with the first team. In January 2008 he was loaned out to Scottish Premier League team Celtic, moving on a permanent basis in the summer. Samaras helped Celtic win Scottish league championships in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014, totalling 74 goals in 249 competitive games. He left the club at the end of his contract in 2014 and returned to the Premier League with West Bromwich Albion, where he featured rarely and had an unsuccessful loan to Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia. In March 2016, he joined North American Soccer League expansion team Rayo OKC, and when they shut down after one season he signed for Real Zaragoza. Although eligible to play for Australia, because his father Ioannis Samaras was born in Melbourne, Samaras chose to represent his country of birth, Greece. He made his debut in 2006, and became a regular over the next eight years, earning 81 caps and scoring 9 goals. He represented his country at Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012 and the 2014 World Cup.
- Ioannis Drymonakos (born 18 January 1984) is a Greek swimmer from Athens. He became the first ever Greek swimmer to hold a European swimming record by clocking a time of 1:54.16 seconds in 200 m butterfly event of the 2008 European Aquatics Championships final on 21 March 2008.In 2008, a few days before the Beijing Olympic Games he tested positive for banned drugs during a doping-control test.He was then acquitted of all charges for use of banned substances by the court, that decided it was impossible for him to procure the substance M3 [11]. He came back in 2010 winning the bronze medal at the European Championship in Budapest in the event of 200 m butterfly. In 2012 he won two more bronze medals at the European Championship in Debrecen. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the 200-meter butterfly where he placed 15th overall. In 2015, Ioannis Drymonakos participated at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Charlotte by U.S.A swimming during his effort to get to 2016 Summer Olympics and taking the competitive advantage among many distinguished athletes such as Michael Phelps. He competed in Friday's (May 15) 400 meters Men IM making it in 04:20.26 and breaking his personal record for over 2 seconds to hold the 4th place. On Saturday's (May 16) 200 meters Men Butterfly made it in 1:59:61 holding the 5th place. In 2018 he competed in the Survivor reality contest.[1]
- AC OmoniaChristos Karipidis (Greek: ฮงฯฮฎฯฯฮฟฯ ฮฮฑฯฯ ฯฮฏฮดฮทฯ; born 2 December 1982 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a retired Greek professional footballer currently playing for Superleague Greece club Lamia as a Centre back.
- IonikosMiltiadis Sapanis (born 28 January 1976) is a Greek footballer, currently playing for Doxa Pentalofos in the Football League 2, as a midfielder.
Christos Volikakis
Christos Volikakis (Greek: ฮงฯฮฎฯฯฮฟฯ ฮฮฟฮปฮนฮบฮฌฮบฮทฯ; born 25 March 1988, in Volos) is a Greek track cyclist. He was the leader of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics 2011โ2012 in Keirin.- Konstantinos "Kostas" Tsartsaris (Greek: ฮฯฮฝฯฯฮฑฮฝฯฮฏฮฝฮฟฯ "ฮฯฯฯฮฑฯ" ฮคฯฮฑฯฯฯฮฑฯฮฎฯ) (born October 17, 1979 in Veria, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player and current coach, who spent most of his playing career with the Greek League team Panathinaikos. At 6 ft 10 โ3โ4 in (2.10 m) tall and 115.4 kg (255 lb.) in weight, he played at the mainly at the power forward position, but he could also play at the center position if needed.
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