Manolis Stefanoudakis
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | Greek |
Born | Heraklion, Greece | 5 April 1983
Sport | |
Country | Greece |
Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Disability class | F54 |
Event(s) | javelin throw, shot put |
Club | Megalonissos: Heraklion |
Coached by | Giorgos Varveraki |
Manolis Stefanoudakis (Greek: Μανώλης Στεφανουδάκης born 5 April 1983) is a Paralympian athlete from Greece who competes in category F54 throwing events.[1] He won a bronze and a gold medal in the javelin throw at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics, respectively.[2]
Personal history[edit]
Stefanoudakis was born in Heraklion, Greece in 1983. He suffered permanent spinal cord injuries after a traffic accident in 2007.[3]
Athletics career[edit]
Stefanoudakis took to para-sport after his accident as a way for improving his health.[3] He first tried our swimming, but a lack of facilities curtailed this option.[3] He took to athletics instead and by 2010 he was classified as a F54 athlete and was competing at meets.[3] Stefanoudakis represented Greece at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. There he competed in both the F54–56 Shot put and the F54/55/56 javelin throw, winning bronze in the latter with a distance of 27.37 metres.[3] As well as Paralympic success, Stefanoudakis has also won medals at both World and European Championships level. His most notable achievement in athletics outside the Paralympics was a gold medal in the T54 javelin at the 2015 Championships in Doha.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Stefanoudakis, Manolis". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ Manolis Stefanoudakis Archived 24 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c d e f "Stefanoudakis, Manolis". IPC. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.