Panagiotis Magdanis
{{Short description|Greek rower (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = Panagiotis Magdanis (9662363558) (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Magdanis in 2013
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|11|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Myrina, Greece
| height = 1.75 m
| weight = 71 kg
| country = {{GRE}}
| sport = Rowing
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GRE}}}}
{{MedalComp|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Chungju|Lwt quad sculls}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Amsterdam|Lwt quad sculls}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Plovdiv|Lwt quad sculls}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Rotterdam|Lwt quad sculls}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Sarasota|Lwt quad sculls}}
{{MedalComp|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Varese|Lwt double sculls}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Plovdiv|Lwt double sculls}}
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Panagiotis Magdanis (born 29 November 1990) is a Greek rower.{{FISA|32271}} He is a two-time World Champion in the men's lightweight quadruple sculls.
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's lightweight coxless four, finishing in the sixth place. He also participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed in the Men's lightweight double sculls event together with his teammate Eleftherios Konsolas.{{cite web|title=Panagiotis Magdanis – Rowing – Olympic Athlete|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/magdanis-panagiotis-1102390/|publisher=LOCOG|access-date=1 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429212427/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/magdanis-panagiotis-1102390/|archive-date=29 April 2013|df=dmy-all}} They qualified for the B finals, where they reached second place, finishing in 8th place overall.{{cite web|title=Men's Lightweight Double Sculls – Olympic Rowing|url=http://www.london2012.com/rowing/event/lightweight-men-double-sculls/index.html|publisher=LOCOG|access-date=1 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121210040506/http://www.london2012.com/rowing/event/lightweight-men-double-sculls/index.html|archive-date=10 December 2012|df=dmy-all}}
Career
Magdanis's first international competition was the 2008 Junior World Championships, where he competed in the men's single scull. He then teamed up with Konsolas to win the gold medal at the 2010 Under-23 World Championships in the men's lightweight double scull. He won silver the next year, in the U23 individual scull.{{Cite web|title=2011 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Amsterdam, NED - (BLM1x) U23 Lightweight Men's Single Sculls - Final|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-under-23-world-rowing-championships/u23-lightweight-mens-single-sculls/final/|access-date=26 June 2020|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}}
He and Konsolas won their first senior international medal at the 2011 European Championships, in the lightweight double sculls.{{Cite web|title=2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Plovdiv, BUL - (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls - Final|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-european-championships/lightweight-mens-double-sculls/final/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}} Magdanis and Konsolas joined Nikolaos Afentoulus and Georgios Konsolas in the Greek lightweight quadruple sculls team that won silver at the 2012 World Championships.{{Cite web|title=2012 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Plovdiv, BUL - (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-world-rowing-championships/lightweight-mens-quadruple-sculls/final/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}} That year, as well as competing in the Olympic men's lightweight double sculls with Eleftherios Konsolas, he won the European title in the lightweight double sculls with Spyridon Giannaros.{{Cite web|title=2012 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Varese, ITA - (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls - Final|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-european-championships/lightweight-mens-double-sculls/final/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}}
Magdanis, Eleftherious Konsolas, Georgios Konsolas and Giannaros won the men's lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2013 World Championships, and then retained their title at the 2014 World Championships.{{Cite web|title=2013 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Chungju, KOR - (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2013-world-championships/lightweight-mens-quadruple-sculls/final/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=2014 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Amsterdam, NED - (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2014-world-rowing-championships/lightweight-mens-quadruple-sculls/final/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}} The team also won bronze at the 2016 World Championships,{{Cite web|title=2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Rotterdam, NED - (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2016-world-rowing-championships/lightweight-mens-quadruple-sculls/final/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}} and then the team of Magdanis, Eleftherious Konsolas, Giannaros and Ninos Nikolaidis won bronze at the 2017 World Championships.{{Cite web|title=2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - (LM4x) Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2017-world-rowing-championships/lightweight-mens-quadruple-sculls/final/|access-date=2020-06-26|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}}
References
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{{World champions – Lightweight men's quadruple sculls}}
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Category:Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic rowers for Greece
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Greece
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing
Category:Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Category:Sportspeople from the North Aegean
Category:21st-century Greek sportsmen
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