Panachaiki G.E. (

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: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a

multi-sport club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in the city of Patras,

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. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891, when Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos (Pan-Achaean Gymnastic Club) was founded. In 1894, a rival sports club, Gymnastiki Eteria Patron (Gymnastic Company of Patras), was founded in Patras by former Panachaikos' members. It was only in 1923 that the two clubs agreed to merge, forming Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. Throughout a history of over 120 years, Panachaiki's athletes have won several

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s. Emblematic figures in Panachaiki's history are weightlifter

Dimitrios Tofalos Dimitrios Tofalos ( el, Δημήτριος Τόφαλος, April 14, 1884 in Patras, Greece – November 15, 1966) was a Greek weightlifter. He was a member of both Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron and Panachaikos Gymnastikos syllogos, that merged in ...

and Kostas Davourlis, leader of the great football team that impressed Greece in the 1970s and took part in the 1974 UEFA Cup,Rsssf, website about football statistics
/ref> being the first Greek countryside football club (outside

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and

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) to achieve that distinction. Panachaiki 2011-12

Departments

* Football *

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* Athletics

Titles

Panachaiki athletics

''(Honours: 3 titles)'' *Greek Cross Country Championship, Men: (2): 1981, 1982 *Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (1): 1959

Panachaiki boxing

''(Honours: 5 titles)'' *Greek Championship, Men: (4): 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 *Greek Championship, Women: (1): 2019

Panachaiki beach volley

''(Honours: 2 titles)'' *Greek Championship, Men: (2) : 2010, 2011

Panachaiki G.E. Greek Olympic medalists

Nikolaos Andriakopoulos Nikolaos Andriakopoulos ( el, Νικόλαος Ανδριακόπουλος; 1878 in Patras – after 1896) was a Greek gymnast. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to be ...

* Antonios Pepanos *

Pantelis Karasevdas Pantelis Karasevdas ( el, Παντελής Καρασεβδάς; 1877 – 14 March 1946) was a Greek sport shooter. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to become Panacha ...

Stephanos Christopoulos Stephanos Christopoulos ( el, Στέφανος Χρηστόπουλος; 1876 – after 1906) was a Greek wrestler. He was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, that merged in 1923 with Panachaikos Gymnastikos syllogos to become Panachaiki Gymn ...

Themistoklis Diakidis Themistoklis Diakidis ( el, Θεμιστοκλής Διακίδης; August 22, 1882 – May 8, 1944) was a Greece, Greek track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. Diakidis was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, that merged in ...

Konstantinos Kozanitas Konstantinos Kozanitas ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Κοζανιτάς, 1880–1954) was a Greek gymnast. He was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, that merged in 1923 with Panachaikos Gymnastikos syllogos to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki ...

Georgios Psachos Georgios Psachos ( el, Γεώργιος Ψάχος, also ''Psakhos''; 1872–unknown) was a Greek tug of war athlete from Zarouchleika, Patras. He was the brother of Vassilios Psachos. Psachos was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, that m ...

* Vassilios Psachos *

Konstantinos Lazaros Konstantinos Lazaros ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Λάζαρος; born 1877) was a Greek tug of war athlete.Rsssf
website about football statistics *Municipality of Patras, ''100 years of football in Patras'', 2006 *Kokkovikas, K., ''The sports past of Achaia'', 2004

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External links

; Official sites
Panachaiki Amateur Departments - official website
; Unofficial sites
Fansite "Axaioi-3"Fansite "Red Black"
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