) is a Greek boccia player with a Paralympic boccia classification of

BC3 BC3 is a Paralympic boccia classification. The class is open to people with several different types of disabilities, including cerebral palsy. BC3 players have events open to them in boccia on the Paralympic Games program. Definition In 2008, '' ...

. His specific disability is

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. It is usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood and if left untreated it is the most common genet ...

. He won the gold medal during the

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in BC3 mixed pairs along with Maria-Eleni Kordali and

Nikolaos Pananos Nikolaos Pananos ( Greek: Νικόλαος Πανανός), born on 29 March 1968 in Athens, is a Greek boccia player with a Paralympic boccia classification of BC3. His specific disability is cerebral palsy. He won the gold medal during t ...

. He also competed in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olymp ...

in Athens and won the silver medal at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It wa ...

in Beijing. At the 2011 Boccia World Cup he won Gold in BC3 Pairs.IPC page on him
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2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fro ...

in Rio de Janeiro, he was the flag bearer in Opening ceremony. He won two more medals in Rio, the silver at the Mixed Individual BC3 and the bronze medal at the Mixed Pairs BC3, along with Nikos Pananos and Anna Ntenta. Polychronidis won two more medals at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

in Tokyo. He was again second at the Mixed Individual BC3 and third at the Mixed Pairs BC3, along with

Anna Ntenta Anna Ntenta is a Greek boccia player with a Paralympic boccia classification of BC3. She won the bronze medal during the 2016 Summer Paralympics in BC3 mixed pairs along with Nikolaos Pananos and Grigorios Polychronidis and also a second ...

and Anastasia Pyrgioti.

References

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