Panathinaikos Athletics
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| Nicknames | The Trifolium The Great Club |
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| Founded | 1919 |
| League | SEGAS |
| Based in | Athens, Greece |
| Stadium | Olympic Stadium of Athens |
| Colours | Green, White |
| President | Panagiotis Malakates |
| Head coach | Notis Papoulias |
| Championships | 23 Men's Greek Championships 5 Men's Greek Indoor Championships 27 Men's Greek Cross Country Championships 3 Women's Greek Championships 2 Women's Greek Indoor Championships 9 Women's Greek Cross Country Championships |
| Website | pao1908.com |
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The athletics department of Panathinaikos A.O. was founded in 1919 by the football players of the team. Amongst its first athletes were Giorgos Kalafatis, Apostolos Nikolaidis, Loukas Panourgias and Michalis Papazoglou. It is the second oldest department of the club operating continuously since its foundation, only behind the football department.
In the 1928 Summer Olympics the athlete of the team, Antonis Kariofilis, became the first Greek to open the parade of nations.
After World War II, a strong team was created with Giannis Lambrou, Rigas Efstathiadis, Antonis Tritsis and others. In the 1960s the great pole vaulter Christos Papanikolaou also joined the team.
Through the next decades Panathinaikos won many Championships, in both men and women, becoming one of the strongest teams in the country. The men's team were Greek champions for 20 seasons in a row from 1955 to 1974, a record for Greek athletics until present day.
Current men's roster[edit]
- Panayotis Bourikas
- Aggelos Deligiannis
- Konstantinos Gavalas
- Konstantinos Gkelaouzos
- Petros Hatziou
- Thanasis Kalakos
- Spiros Karalis
- Christos Kosmidis
- Haralabos Lagos
- Dimitris Levantinos
- Vasilis Mirianthopoulos
- Anestis Papoulias
- Christos Papoulias
- Vaggelis Plavoukos
- Stelios Skordilis
- Panayotis Trivizas
- Vasilis Vlahos
Current women's roster[edit]
- Artemis Anastasiou
- Dimitra Gnafaki
- Georgia Despollari
- Anthi-Koraini Kiriakopoulou
- Anastasia Marinakou
- Pinelopi Nika
- Konstantina Romaiou
- Vasiliki Tachtara
- Konstantina Giannopoulou
Honours[edit]
- Greek Championship, Men: (23): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1989, 1990
- Greek Indoor Championship, Men: (5): 1986, 1989, 1990, 2023, 2024
- Greek Cross Country Championship, Men: (27) (record): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2012, 2016, 2021
- Greek Championship, Women: (3): 1946, 1947, 1949
- Greek Indoor Championship, Women: (2): 2023, 2024
- Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (9): 1949, 1950, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2017, 2022, 2024
Notable athletes[edit]
Stylianos Kyriakides
Hrysopiyi Devetzi- Rigas Efstathiadis
- Aris Karageorgos
- Giannis Lambrou
- Alexandra Papageorgiou
- Christos Papanikolaou
- Michalis Papazoglou
- Hristos Polihroniou
- Konstantinos Poulios
- Nikolaos Regoukos
- Georgios Roubanis
- Antonis Tritsis
- Pavlos Tzanavaras
- Spilios Zacharopoulos
Sources[edit]
- 100 years Panathinaikos, Liveri, 2008
- Official website
External links[edit]
- Official page (in Greek)
- "Leoforos Dromeon" (annual 5k and 10k race organised by the club, in Greek)