Christos Frantzeskakis (; born 26 April 2000 in

Chania Chania (, , ), also sometimes romanization of Greek, romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania (regional unit), Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno ...

) is a Greek

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competitor competing in the

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. He competed in the men's hammer throw event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

held in

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, Japan.

Career

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw event at the

Balkan Athletics Championships The Balkan Athletics Championships or Balkan Games () is a regional Sport of athletics, athletics competition held between nations from the Balkans and organized by Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations. The first games were held in At ...

held in

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, Bulgaria. In that same year, he competed in the men's hammer throw at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global sport of athletics, athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athleti ...

held in

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, Qatar. He did not qualify to compete in the final. He took the ninth place in the men's hammer throw event at the

2022 World Athletics Championships The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the ...

held in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

International competitions

References

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* Living people 2000 births Greek male hammer throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Greece {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub Sportspeople from Chania Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Greek sportsmen