Greek athlete Manolis Stefanoudakis won the gold medal in the Men’s Javelin Throw at the Rio Paralympic Games on Friday, adding another gold medal to the Greek team.
Congratulations for the athlete’s achievement were sent by President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis but also the regional authority governor of his native Crete, among others.
Dimitrios Bakochristos earned Greece its fourth medal in the Rio Paralympics 2016 on Friday, in the men’s under 54 kg powerlifting event. Despite recent a recent hand injury, Bakochristos won the bronze in his category after he lifted 162 kilos.
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