Christos Frantzeskakis

{{Short description|Greek hammer thrower (born 2000)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

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Christos Frantzeskakis ({{langx|el|Χρήστος Φραντζεσκάκης}}; born 26 April 2000 in Chania){{Cite web |date=2022-04-22 |title=Χρήστος Φραντζεσκάκης - ΣΕΓΑΣ |url=https://www.segas.gr/athletes/christos-frantzeskakis/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |language=el}} is a Greek athletics competitor competing in the hammer throw. He competed in the men's hammer throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw event at the Balkan Athletics Championships held in Pravets, Bulgaria.{{Cite web|title=Men's hammer throw|url=http://www.balkan-athletics.eu/results/Balkan%20Senior%20Champioinships/72nd%20Balkan%20Senior%20Championships%202019%20Pravets%20BUL/Men/Hammer%20Throw.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=24 June 2020|website=Balkan Athletics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624202141/http://www.balkan-athletics.eu/results/Balkan%20Senior%20Champioinships/72nd%20Balkan%20Senior%20Championships%202019%20Pravets%20BUL/Men/Hammer%20Throw.pdf|archive-date=24 June 2020}} In that same year, he competed in the men's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.{{Cite web|title=Men's hammer throw|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-HT-M-q----.RS4.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001161719/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-HT-M-q----.RS4.pdf|archive-date=1 October 2019|access-date=24 June 2020|website=IAAF - 2019 World Athletics Championships}} He did not qualify to compete in the final.

He took the ninth place in the men's hammer throw event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

International competitions

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colspan="5"|Representing {{GRE}}
2018

|World U20 Championships

|Tampere, Finland

| -

|NM

rowspan=3|2019

|European U20 Championships

|Borås, Sweden

|style="background:silver;"|2nd

|84.22 NU20R

Balkan Championships

|Pravets, Bulgaria

|style="background:gold;"|1st

|76.67

World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|23rd (q)

|72.96

rowspan=4|2021

|Olympic Games

|Tokyo, Japan

|25th (q)

|72.19

European Team Championships

|Cluj-Napoca, Romania

|style="background:silver;"|2nd

|73.46

Balkan Championships

|Smederevo, Serbia

|style="background:silver;"|2nd

|72.74

European U23 Championships

|Tallinn, Estonia

|style="background:silver;"|2nd

|75.23

rowspan=2|2022

|World Championships

|Eugene, United States

|9th

|77.04

European Championships

|Munich, Germany

|6th

|78.20

2023

|World Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|14th (q)

|74.05

rowspan=2|2024

|European Championships

|Rome, Italy

|18th (q)

|73.11

Olympic Games

|Paris, France

|12th

|73.34 m

References

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