| Greece at the World Games | |
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| IOC code | GRE |
| Medals Ranked 44th |
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| World Games appearances (overview) | |
Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games has participated in the World Games since 1997, in various sports, and as of 2022 has won a sum of 26 medals (6 gold, 11 silver, 9 bronze) and holds the 44th place at the all-time World Games medal table.[1]
Medals
Medals and place by games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1985 London | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1993 Den Haag | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 Lahti | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 30 [2] |
| 2001 Akita | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 [3] |
| 2005 Duisburg | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28 [4] |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 [5] |
| 2013 Cali | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 [6] |
| 2017 Wroclaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 [7] |
| 2022 Birmingham | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 35 [8] |
| 2025 Chengdu | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 47 [9] |
| Total | 6 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 44 [1] |
Medals by sport and discipline
| Sport | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karate | Kumite | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Gymnastics | Parkour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trampoline gymnastics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fitness and Bodybuilding | Bodybuilding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kickboxing | Point Fighting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Underwater sports | Finswimming | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Ju-jitsu | Fighting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 11 | 9 | 26 | |
Greek medalists at the World Games
The Greek athletes who have won medals in the World Games are the following:[10]
| No | Games | Name | Medal | Sport | Discipline | Medal event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997 Lahti | Angeliki Andriopoulou | Gold | Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | Trick Women |
| 2 | 1997 Lahti | Ioanna Chatziioannou | Silver | Weightlifting | 70 kg Women | |
| 3 | 1997 Lahti | Angeliki Andriopoulou | Bronze | Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | Slalom Women |
| 4 | 2001 Akita | Pavlos Mentis | Gold | Fitness and Bodybuilding | Bodybuilding | Middleweight Men |
| 5 | 2001 Akita | Konstantinos Papadopoulos | Silver | Karate | Kumite | Open Men |
| 6 | 2001 Akita | Angeliki Andriopoulou | Silver | Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | Overall Women |
| 7 | 2005 Duisburg | Dimitrios Triantafyllis | Gold | Karate | Kumite | 65 kg Men |
| 8 | 2005 Duisburg | Konstantinos Papadopoulos | Silver | Karate | Kumite | 75 kg Men |
| 9 | 2005 Duisburg | Ioannis Tsourounakis | Silver | Underwater sports | Finswimming | Surface 400m Men |
| 10 | 2009 Kaohsiung | Michail Georgios Tzanos | Gold | Karate | Kumite | 75 kg Men |
| 11 | 2009 Kaohsiung | Spyridon Margaritopoulos | Silver | Karate | Kumite | 80 kg+ Men |
| 12 | 2009 Kaohsiung | Konstantinos Papadopoulos | Bronze | Karate | Kumite | 80 kg Men |
| 13 | 2013 Cali | Marie Vympranietsova | Silver | Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | Jump Women |
| 14 | 2013 Cali | Michail Georgios Tzanos | Bronze | Karate | Kumite | 84 kg Men |
| 15 | 2017 Wroclaw | Marie Vympranietsova | Silver | Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | Jump Women |
| 16 | 2022 Birmingham | Ioakeim Theodoridis | Gold | Gymnastics | Parkour | Freestyle Men [11][12] |
| 17 | 2022 Birmingham | Athanasia Zariopi | Silver | Ju-jitsu | Fighting | 48 kg Women [13] |
| 18 | 2022 Birmingham | Christina Koutoulaki | Silver | Ju-jitsu | Fighting | 57 kg Women [14] |
| 19 | 2022 Birmingham | Stylianos Chatziiliadis | Silver | Underwater sports | Finswimming | Bi Fins 50m Men |
| 20 | 2022 Birmingham | Dionysios Xenos | Bronze | Karate | Kumite | 67 kg Men [15] |
| 21 | 2022 Birmingham | Christos Ioannis Bonias | Bronze | Underwater sports | Finswimming | Bi Fins 100m Men [16] |
| 22 | 2022 Birmingham | Christos Ioannis Bonias | Bronze | Underwater sports | Finswimming | Bi Fins 50m Men |
| 23 | 2022 Birmingham | Anastasios Mylonakis | Bronze | Underwater sports | Finswimming | Surface 100m Men [16] |
| 24 | 2025 Chengdu | Dimitrios Economo | Gold | Kickboxing | Point Fighting | 84kg Men[17][18] |
| 25 | 2025 Chengdu | Christos-Stefanos Xenos | Bronze | Karate | Kumite | 60kg Men[19][20] |
| 26 | 2025 Chengdu | Alexandra Efraimoglou | Bronze | Gymnastics | Trampoline | Tumbling women [21][22][23] |
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