Nikolaos Pananos

Nikolaos Pananos
Medal record
Boccia
Representing  Greece
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Mixed Pairs BC3
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed Pairs BC3

Nikolaos Pananos (Greek: Νικόλαος Πανανός), born on 29 March 1968 in Athens, is a Greek boccia player with a Paralympic boccia classification of BC3. His specific disability is cerebral palsy. He won the gold medal during the 2012 Summer Paralympics in BC3 mixed pairs along with Maria-Eleni Kordali and Grigorios Polychronidis. [1] In the 2016 Summer Paralympics he won the bronze medal at the same event.

He was awarded as the Best Greek male athlete with a disability for 2012.[2]

  1. ^ Hellenic Paralympic Committee page
  2. ^ "Οι κορυφαίοι στη γιορτή του ΠΣΑΤ". ΠΣΑΤ - Πανελλήνιος Σύνδεσμος Αθλητικού Τύπου (in Greek). 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2022-12-24.