Panagiotis Gionis

Panagiotis Gionis
Gionis in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Panagiotis Gionis
Nickname(s)	Gio, The Defentist
Nationality	Greece
Born	(1980-01-07) 7 January 1980 (age 44) Athens, Greece
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Shakehand
Equipment(s)	Butterfly Petr Korbel FL blade; Butterfly Tenergy 05 Hard (Black, FH); Butterfly Feint Long II (Red, BH) [1]
Highest ranking	18 (November 2014)[2]
Current ranking	105 (May 2024)
Club	Borussia Düsseldorf Panathinaikos
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Greece Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara Singles European Championship 2013 Schwechat Team 2013 Schwechat Singles

Panagiotis Gionis (born 7 January 1980) is a Greek table tennis player and a dentist. He is a member in the Greece National Team^[3] and has competed in 6 Olympics and many World and European Championships. He has been playing professionally in Germany and France since 2001. Currently, he is playing for Greek club Panathinaikos, German club Borussia Düsseldorf^[4] and is being sponsored by TAMASU BUTTERFLY.^[5]

Career

In May 2011, he qualified directly for the London 2012 Summer Olympics based on his ITTF world ranking.^[6] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost in the third round to Japan's Seiya Kishikawa.

He placed 3rd in the men's single 2013 LIEBHERR European Championships and second in the team event. He is currently ranked 21st in the world and 7th in Europe.^[2]

In Aug 2014 he was invited to participate in the mixed European team in the Asia-Europe All Star Challenge on 1–2 November 2014 in Zhang Jia Gang, China. He lost to Chuang Chih-yuan with 0:3.^[7]

In April 2016, he secured his spot at the 2016 Summer Olympics by winning the group final match at the ITTF European Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.^[8] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he defeated Padasak Tanviriyavechakul of Thailand in the second round. He was defeated by Jun Mizutani of Japan in the third round.^[9]

Panagiotis Gionis qualified for the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships seeded at Number 29. In the first round and second round he faced and defeated North Korea's Choe Il (4–2) and Slovakia's Wang Yang (4–3) respectively. Gionis was ultimately defeated in the third round by Number 12 seed, Vladimir Samsonov, (0–4).

In 2021, he participated in the Tokyo Summer Olympics, ultimately losing to Jeong Youngsik in the 3rd round after beating Ahmed Saleh 4–1.^[2]

Achievements

• Winner Croatia Open Singles 2018
• Winner Croatia Open Singles 2017
• 6x Olympic Games Participant (2024 Paris, 2020 Tokyo, 2016 Rio, 2012 London, 2008 Beijing, 2004 Athens)
• 16x Participant World Championships 1997–2014
• 15x Participant European Championships 1997–2013
• Finalist European Championships Team 2013
• Bronze Medal European Championships Singles 2013
• Bronze Medal European Champions league (with Angers) 2013
• Bronze Medal ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open Singles 2013
• Bronze Medal European Cup Top 16 Singles 2015
• Round of 16 European Championships Singles 2012
• Round of 16 European Championships Doubles 2012
• Finalist ETTU Cup (with Angers) 2012
• Round of 16 Hungarian Open Singles 2012
• Winner Pescara Mediterranean Games Singles 2009
• Round of 16 World Championships Singles 2009
• Gold medal Belgian Open Championship Singles 2006
• Winner Luxemburg Open Singles 2006
• Winner Luxemburg Open Team 2006
• Bronze Medal Swedish Pro Tour Doubles 2005
• Silver Medal Polish Open Doubles 2004
• Silver Medal Belgian Open Championship 2004
• Bronze Medal Egypt Pro Tour Doubles 2004
• Winner Bulgarian Open 2003
• 6th place World Championship Team 1997
• 1st place in Men's U21 Balkan Championship Doubles 1996
• 1st place in U21 European Championship Singles 1996
• 1st place in U21 Balkan Championship Singles 1996
• 1st place in U15 Balkan Championship Singles 1992

^[10]

See also

• List of table tennis players

References

1. "GIONIS, Panagiotis".
2. "World Ranking". Archived from the original on 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
3. "Ελληνική Φίλαθλη Ομοσπονδία Επιτραπέζιας Αντισφαίρισης". httf.gr. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
4. "Team - Borussia Düsseldorf". borussia-duesseldorf.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
5. "Panagiotis Gionis". butterfly.tt. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). ittf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
7. "ALL STAR GAME - EUROPE vs. ASIA :: Panagiotis Gionis". panagiotisgionis.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
8. "ITTF Articles". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
9. "Rio 2016". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
10. "BIO :: Panagiotis Gionis". panagiotisgionis.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2014-09-05.

External links

• Panagiotis Gionis at World Table Tennis
  • "Panagiotis Gionis at old.ittf.com". Archived from the original on 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  • "Panagiotis Gionis at ittfranking.com". Archived from the original on 2014-08-02. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
• Panagiotis Gionis at Olympics.com
• Panagiotis Gionis at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)