Dimitrios Senikidis Explained

Dimitrios Senikidis
Country:Greece
Sport:Para-athletics
Disability:Intellectual disability
Disability Class:F20
Event:Shot put

Dimitrios Senikidis is a Greek Paralympic athlete with an intellectual disability competing in shot put events.[1] He represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's shot put F20 event.[1] [2]

Career

He represented Greece at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore. He competed in the boys' shot put event. At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, he won the silver medal in the men's shot put F20 event.[3] The following year, he won the gold medal in the men's shot put F20 event at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships held in Grosseto, Italy.[4]

Achievements

Representing
2015World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2ndShot put15.45
2016European ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy1stShot put15.46
Summer ParalympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2ndShot put16.17

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dimitrios Senikidis. paralympic.org. live. 22 December 2019. International Paralympic Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20191225225135/https://www.paralympic.org/dimitrios-senikidis . 25 December 2019 .
  2. News: Malaysia end long wait for Paralympic gold with two in one night of athletics action at Rio 2016. Morgan. Liam. 10 September 2016. InsideTheGames.biz. 25 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Results - Men's Shot Put F20 Final. 22 October 2015. 22 October 2015. IPC.
  4. Web site: Men's shot put F20. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170222070038/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/grosseto-2016/resIPC/pdf/GR2016/AT/GR2016_AT_C73S_ATM320101.pdf. 22 February 2017. 22 August 2020. 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships.