Christos Frantzeskakis Explained

Christos Frantzeskakis
Birth Date:2000 4, df=yes
Country:Greece
Sport:Athletics
Event:Hammer throw
Worlds:9th
Nationals:1st
Pb:78.20m (2022)

Christos Frantzeskakis (Χρήστος Φραντζεσκάκης; born 26 April 2000 in Chania)[1] is a Greek athletics competitor competing in the hammer throw. He competed in the men's hammer throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw event at the Balkan Athletics Championships held in Pravets, Bulgaria.[2] In that same year, he competed in the men's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[3] He did not qualify to compete in the final.[3]

He took the ninth place in the men's hammer throw event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

International competitions

Representing
2018World U20 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland- NM
2019European U20 ChampionshipsBorås, Sweden2nd84.22 NU20R
Balkan ChampionshipsPravets, Bulgaria1st76.67
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar23rd (q)72.96
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan25th (q)72.19
European Team ChampionshipsCluj-Napoca, Romania2nd73.46
Balkan ChampionshipsSmederevo, Serbia2nd72.74
European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia2nd75.23
2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States9th77.04
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany6th78.20
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary14th (q)74.05
2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy18th (q)73.11

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-04-22 . Χρήστος Φραντζεσκάκης - ΣΕΓΑΣ . 2022-08-04 . el.
  2. Web site: Men's hammer throw. live. 24 June 2020. Balkan Athletics. https://web.archive.org/web/20200624202141/http://www.balkan-athletics.eu/results/Balkan%20Senior%20Champioinships/72nd%20Balkan%20Senior%20Championships%202019%20Pravets%20BUL/Men/Hammer%20Throw.pdf. 24 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Men's hammer throw. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191001161719/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-HT-M-q----.RS4.pdf. 1 October 2019. 24 June 2020. IAAF - 2019 World Athletics Championships.