Schedule
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Closing Ceremony | |||||||||
Departure |
BOCCIA HERAKLION 2023
The Organizing Committee BOCCIA HERAKLION 2023 is composed of 15 members.
The Organizing Committee is responsible for setting the policies and for ensuring that the directions set by the BisFed, the Greek Government and the Hellenic Paralympic Committee (HPC) are implemented.
President
GeorgiosKAPELLAKIS
President of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee, Paralympian
Christos TZAMOUSIS (Alternative President)
Secretary General of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Members
Lefteris AVGENAKIS
Minister of Rural Development and Food
Athanasios TSIVILIS
Vice President of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee, Paralympian
Andreas KATSAROS
Treasurer of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee, Paralympian
Manolis STEFANOUDAKIS
Member of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee Responsible for National Teams, Paralympian
Georgios PITSOULIS
Regional Vice Governor of Crete
Konstantinos VARDAVAS
Deputy Mayor of Heraklion
Nektarios PAPAVASILEIOU
Regional Health Commander of Crete
Stylianos KARAKOUDIS
Traffic Commander of Heraklion
Harris VAVOURANAKIS
President of the Institute of Scientific Research of the Panhellenic Medical Association
Emmanouil BELADAKIS
Director of the Primary Education of Heraklion
Ioannis NISTIKAKIS
Director of the Secondary Physical Education of Heraklion
Effie PASPALAKI
Founder Member of Clubs for people with disabilities of Crete, Medical Student
Pavlos POTOURIDIS
Member of the OC Mediterranean Beach Games HERAKLION 2023
Boccia is a widespread Paralympic Sport. It has been developing rapidly in Greece with the Greek athletes taking the lead in the international sports scene.
Paralympic Games Medals
Beijing 2008
Polychronidis Grigoris 2nd place Individual BC3
London 2012
Polychronidis Grigoris – Polychorinidis Daniil (ramp operator), Pananos Nikolaos – Keramydas Andreas (ramp operator), Kordali Maria Eleni – Keramydas Andreas (ramp operator) 1st place BC3 Pairs
Rio de Janeiro
Polychronidis Grigoris – Patroni Aikaterini (ramp operator) 2nd place Individual BC3
Polychronidis Grigoris – Polychorinidis Daniil (ramp operator), Pananos Nikolaos – Keramydas Andreas (ramp operator), Ntena Anna- Ntenta Christina (ramp operator), 3rd place BC3 Pairs
Tokyo 2020
Polychronidis Grigoris – Patroni Aikaterini (ramp operator) 2nd place Individual BC3
Polychronidis Grigoris – Polychorinidis Daniil (ramp operator), Ntena Anna- Ntenta Christina (ramp operator), Pyrgioti Anastasia – Pyrgiotis Ioannis (ramp operator) 3rd place BC3 Pairs