Panathinaikos Athletics

Panathinaikos AC

Nicknames	The Trifolium The Great Club
Founded	1919
League	SEGAS
Based in	Athens, Greece
Stadium	Olympic Stadium of Athens
Colours	Green, White
President	Panagiotis Malakates
Head coach	Notis Papoulias
Championships	23 Men's Greek Championships 5 Men's Greek Indoor Championships 27 Men's Greek Cross Country Championships 3 Women's Greek Championships 2 Women's Greek Indoor Championships 9 Women's Greek Cross Country Championships
Website	pao1908.com

Active departments of Panathinaikos AC


Football men's	Football B men's	Football women's

Basketball men's	Basketball women's	Water Polo

Volleyball men's	Volleyball women's	Table tennis

Rugby	Athletics	Cycling

Fencing	Archery	Shooting

Wrestling	Weightlifting	Boxing

Swimming	Diving	Modern pentathlon

Esports	Chess	Futsal men's

Futsal women's	Waterskiing	Triathlon

Parasports

The athletics department of Panathinaikos A.O. was founded in 1919 by the football players of the team. Amongst its first athletes were Giorgos Kalafatis, Apostolos Nikolaidis, Loukas Panourgias and Michalis Papazoglou. It is the second oldest department of the club operating continuously since its foundation, only behind the football department.

In the 1928 Summer Olympics the athlete of the team, Antonis Kariofilis, became the first Greek to open the parade of nations.

After World War II, a strong team was created with Giannis Lambrou, Rigas Efstathiadis, Antonis Tritsis and others. In the 1960s the great pole vaulter Christos Papanikolaou also joined the team.

Through the next decades Panathinaikos won many Championships, in both men and women, becoming one of the strongest teams in the country. The men's team were Greek champions for 20 seasons in a row from 1955 to 1974, a record for Greek athletics until present day.

Current men's roster

Panayotis Bourikas
Aggelos Deligiannis
Konstantinos Gavalas
Konstantinos Gkelaouzos
Petros Hatziou
Thanasis Kalakos
Spiros Karalis
Christos Kosmidis
Haralabos Lagos
Dimitris Levantinos
Vasilis Mirianthopoulos
Anestis Papoulias
Christos Papoulias
Vaggelis Plavoukos
Stelios Skordilis
Panayotis Trivizas
Vasilis Vlahos

Current women's roster

Artemis Anastasiou
Dimitra Gnafaki
Georgia Despollari
Anthi-Koraini Kiriakopoulou
Anastasia Marinakou
Pinelopi Nika
Konstantina Romaiou
Vasiliki Tachtara
Konstantina Giannopoulou

Honours

Greek Championship, Men: (23): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1989, 1990
Greek Indoor Championship, Men: (5): 1986, 1989, 1990, 2023, 2024
Greek Cross Country Championship, Men: (27) (record): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2012, 2016, 2021
Greek Championship, Women: (3): 1946, 1947, 1949
Greek Indoor Championship, Women: (2): 2023, 2024
Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (9): 1949, 1950, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2017, 2022, 2024