Panagiotis Gionis

Panagiotis Gionis
Gionis in 2016
Personal information
Full namePanagiotis Gionis
Nickname(s)Gio, The Defentist
Nationality Greece
Born (1980-01-07) 7 January 1980 (age 44)
Athens, Greece
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleShakehand
Equipment(s)Butterfly Petr Korbel FL blade; Butterfly Tenergy 05 Hard (Black, FH); Butterfly Feint Long II (Red, BH) [1]
Highest ranking18 (November 2014)[2]
Current ranking105 (May 2024)
ClubGermany Borussia Düsseldorf
Greece Panathinaikos
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Greece
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara Singles
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2013 Schwechat Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Schwechat Singles

Panagiotis Gionis (born 7 January 1980) is a Greek table tennis player and a dentist. He is a member in the Greece National Team[3] and has competed in 6 Olympics and many World and European Championships. He has been playing professionally in Germany and France since 2001. Currently, he is playing for Greek club Panathinaikos, German club Borussia Düsseldorf[4] and is being sponsored by TAMASU BUTTERFLY.[5]

  1. ^ "GIONIS, Panagiotis".
  2. ^ "World Ranking". Archived from the original on 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  3. ^ "Ελληνική Φίλαθλη Ομοσπονδία Επιτραπέζιας Αντισφαίρισης". httf.gr. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Team - Borussia Düsseldorf". borussia-duesseldorf.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  5. ^ "Panagiotis Gionis". butterfly.tt. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.