Manolis Stefanoudakis
 Stefanoudakis In 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Greek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1983 Heraklion, Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | javelin throw, shot put | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Megalonissos: Heraklion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Giorgos Varveraki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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[]
Stefanoudakis was born in Heraklion, Greece in 1983. He suffered permanent spinal chord injuries after a traffic accident in 2007.[3]
Athletics career[]
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[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Emmanouil Stefanoudakis. |
- ^ "Stefanoudakis, Manolis". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ Manolis Stefanoudakis. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c d e f "Stefanoudakis, Manolis". IPC. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- Paralympic athletes of Greece
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Greece
- Paralympic gold medalists for Greece
- Living people
- 1983 births
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Greek male javelin throwers
- Greek male shot putters
- Sportspeople from Heraklion
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics