Eleftherios Konsolas

Eleftherios Konsolas
Konsolas in 2013
Personal information
Born (1988-12-17) 17 December 1988 (age 35)
Cholargos, Greece
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Greece
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Greece
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Chungju Lwt quad sculls
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam Lwt quad sculls
Silver medal – second place 2012 Plovdiv Lwt quad sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rotterdam Lwt quad sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sarasota Lwt quad sculls
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Plovdiv Lwt double sculls

Eleftherios Konsolas (born 17 December 1988) is a Greek rower.[1] He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed in the Men's lightweight double sculls event together with his teammate Panagiotis Magdanis.[2] They qualified for the B finals, where they reached a second place, finishing in 8th place overall.[3]

Konsolas and Magdanis won the silver in the lightweight double sculls at the 2011 European Championships.[4]

In 2012, the team of Konsolas, Nikolaos Afentoulis, Georgios Konsolas and Panagiotis Magdanis won silver in the men's lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2012 World Championship.[5]

Konsolas was part of the Greek team that won the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships.[6][7] On both occasions, the team consisted of Konsolas, Georgios Konsolas, Spyridon Giannaros and Panagiotis Magdanis. In 2014, the team set a world record in the event.[7]

Konsolas won bronze at the 2016 and 2017 World Championships in the men's lightweight quadruple sculls. The 2016 team was the same as the world championship winning team.[8] In 2017 rowed with Nikos Nikolaidis, Panagiotis Magdanis and Spyridon Giannaros.[9]

  1. ^ Eleftherios Konsolas at World Rowing
  2. ^ "Eleftherios Konsolas – Rowing – Olympic Athlete". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Men's Lightweight Double Sculls – Olympic Rowing". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. ^ "2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Plovdiv, BUL -(LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  5. ^ "2012 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Plovdiv, BUL -(LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  6. ^ "2013 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Chungju, KOR – (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  7. ^ a b "2014 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Amsterdam, NED – (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  8. ^ "2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Rotterdam, NED – (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  9. ^ "2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Sarasota-Bradenton, USA – (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.