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| Native name | Αντώνιος Τσαπατάκης | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Chania, Crete, Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Police officer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Paraplegia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | SB4, S5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Megalonisos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Chrysafis Vangelakakis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Antonios Tsapatakis (Greek: Αντώνιος Τσαπατάκης; born 13 January 1988) is a Greek Paralympic swimmer.[1] He became a T8-9 complete paraplegic after a spinal cord injury due to a motorbike accident in 2006. He competes in 100m breaststroke SB4 classification.
Tsapatakis obtained many awards in national (holds two national records), European and global competitions. He possesses more than 20 gold, silver, and bronze medals. His power, passion and determination led him to the 2012 Paralympics in London, which added to his biographical material the 4th place in 100m breaststroke SB4. In 2015, he broke the European record and won the silver medal at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championship in Glasgow.[2]
- ^ "Results, Rankings & Records | International Paralympic Committee". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.[dead link]
- ^ "Τέσσερα μετάλλια ο ελληνικός απολογισμός στο παγκόσμιο πρωτάθλημα κολύμβησης της Γλασκόβης". eaom-amea.gr. Retrieved 5 March 2021.