Paralympics

Two para riders have made history for parasport in Greece by becoming the first athletes to qualify in Para Dressage at the upcoming 2022 ECCO FEI World Equestrian Games. By Phil Butler Michalis Kalarakis and Dimitra-Eleni Pantechaki will compete against the...

Greek paralympic swimmer Antonios Tsapatakis won the gold medal on the opening day of the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal on Sunday. Tsapatakis won the 100-meter breaststroke race in 1:36.27 ahead of two Colombian athletes who finished...

Greek athlete Athanasios Prodromou was heralded not only for his silver medal in the men's long jump event at the Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday, but also for his sportsmanship and fair play in helping an injured competitor. Prodomou's jump of...

The Greek boccia team won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday in what is the tenth medal for the country during the Games in Japan. Boccia is a precision ball sport similar to bocce, and related to...

Greek swimmer Alexandra Stamatopoulou took home the bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics on Friday in the women's 50m backstroke swimming S4 event. Stamatopoulou, who has a rare neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome, finished the race with a time...

She missed the semifinals of her 200-meter race, but the day was a memorable one anyway for Paralympic sprinter Keula Nidreia Pereira Semedo of Cape Verde as she got engaged just minutes after she stopped running. After the women's 200-meter...

Efstratios Nikolaidis, representing Greece in the Tokyo Paralympics, won the bronze medal in the shot put on Tuesday. The Greek athlete, who was fourth at both the London and Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, took third place with 15.93 meters...

Greek para swimming champion Antonis Tsapatakis spoke about the influence social media has on society upon his return to Athens on Thursday.

Greek boccia player Grigoris Polychronidis has claimed gold at the sport's world championships in Liverpool, U.K. Polychronidis clinched top spot in Wednesday's final by beating South Korean opponent Von-Ho Geong in the BC3 ranking. The Paralympic sport is played in around 50...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday that 15 percent of jobs in the public sector will be filled by persons with disabilities. He made this statement attending a special event to honor the members of the Greek mission...