Greece took home three gold medals and a silver last week as part of the 2024 World Rowing Championships.
A post on X by the Hellenic Olympic Committee boasts the performance of Greece in the single and double sculls.
In detail, gold medals were awarded to:
- Panagiotis Makrigiannis (men’s single sculls)
- Nikos Cholopoulos and Konstantinos Giannoulis (men’s double sculls)
- Valia Lykomitrou and Gabriela Lioliou (women’s double sculls)
And a silver was awarded to the double Nefeli Dara and Dimitra Papaioannou.
👉3 χρυσά κι ένα ασημένιο για την Ελλάδα στο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Κωπηλασίας Κ19.
🥇Παναγιώτης Μακρυγιάννης στο σκιφ.
🥇Νίκος Χωλόπουλος/Κωνσταντίνος Γιαννούλης στο διπλο σκιφ.
🥇Βάλια Λυκομήτρου/Γαβριέλα Λιόλιου στο διπλό σκιφ
🥈Νεφέλη Ντάρα/Δήμητρα Παπαϊωάννου στη δίκωπο pic.twitter.com/jpDblTsrTw
— Ηellenic Olympic Committee (@HellenicOlympic) August 25, 2024
According to the World Rowing Championship organization’s website, Greece’s victory over Great Britain in the women’s double sculls is considered to be a “massive upset”.
The 2024 World Rowing Championship Under 19 is the top event of the year for Under 19 flat-water rowers, according to the event organizers.
This year, the 2024 Senior, Under 23 and Under 19 World Rowing Championships was a combined event, taking place 18 – 25 August in St. Catharines, Canada.
The wins for Greece come on the heels of the men’s and women’s lightweight double sculls teams taking home two bronze medals at the Paris Olympics.
The two-man crew of Petros Gkaidatzis and Antonis Papakonstantinou, and the female crew of Dimitra Kontou and Zoi Fitsiou picked up the bronzes.
