In Vilnius, Lithuania, is Konstantinos Geramanis, a Deree Swim Academy athlete, with the National swimming team delegation for the European Junior Swimming Championships.

Through his arduous and long-term effort, as well as his tremendous improvement over the past 2 years, Konstantinos managed to be a member of the delegation for the most important competition in Europe for these age categories. He will participate in the 4×200m freestyle relay (team) and the 400m freestyle (individual). This is a great honor for the DCAC!

Good luck, Konstantinos!

 

The pre-competition team of the Deree Swim Academy participated in the “Summer Games”, held at OAKA on July 6-7, with 21 athletes winning a total of 13 medals.

Specifically:

Gold (1)

1. Mantzara Filio – 200m backstroke K12 years

Silver (3)

1. Kapetanea Konstantina – 100m butterfly
2. Kapetanea Konstantina – 50m butterfly
3. Stavrianou Eirini – 200m freestyle

Bronze (9)

1. Mantzara Filio – 100m backstroke
2. Raptis George – 800m freestyle
3. Stavrianou Eirini – 800m freestyle
4. Mantzara Filio – 100m breaststroke
5. Minogiannis Thanasis – 200m butterfly
6. Minogiannis Thanasis – 50m butterfly
7. Raptis George – 400m freestyle
8. Stavrianou Eirini – 400m freestyle
9. Stavrianou Eirini, Aggelidi Alexandra, Kostagiola Ioanna, Mantzara Filio – 4x100m freestyle relay.

Coach Sofia Samartzi accompanied the team.

Congratulations to all!

The Deree Swim Academy participated on June 29-30 in the 1st Phase of the National Championship – Regional Championship of the Southeastern Attica, held in Ilisia, with 75 athletes.

The DCAC ranked 1st in the Women’s, Junior Women’s, Girls’, Junior Girls’ A, Junior Girls’ B, and Young Women’s categories, 3rd in the Men’s, Junior Men’s, Boys’, Junior Boys’ A, Junior Boys’ B, and Young Men’s categories, and 2nd in the overall ranking, winning a total of 70 medals!!!

The team was accompanied by our coaches, Mr. Antonis Antoniou, Mr. Vasilis Demetis, and Mr. Giannis Syrbopoulos.

Congratulations to all the athletes for their participation and successes!!!

The medals in detailed:

Gold (24)

• Marios Vlachakis (3) – 100m, 200m Butterfly and 200m IM Junior Boys’ A
• Dimitris Tzoumis (3) – 50m, 100m, and 200m Butterfly Junior Boys’ B
• Stella Rota (2) – 400m IM and 400m Freestyle Girls’
• Lydia Sotiriou (2) – 200m Freestyle and 200m IM Girls’
• Elena Kanari (2) – 400m and 200m IM Junior Girls’ B
• Natasha Painesi (2) – 200m IM and 200m Breaststroke Junior Girls’ B
• Kali Chalvantzi (2) – 100m and 200m Backstroke Junior Girls’ B
• Areti Zarbouti (2) – 100m and 200m Breaststroke Girls’
• Giannos Voulas (1) – 50m Freestyle Boys’
• Lora Ferra (1) – 100m Freestyle Girls’
• Angelos Zografakis (1) – 200m Butterfly Boys’
• Danae Petropoulou (1) – 50m Breaststroke Girls’
• Katerina Solomou (1) – 400m Freestyle Junior Girls’ A
• Danae Moulidou (1) – 400m IM Junior Girls’ B

Silver (27)

• Ioanna Pazaïti (3) – 50m, 100m, and 200m Backstroke Girls’
• Giannis Voulas (2) – 100m and 200m Freestyle Boys’
• Lora Ferra (2) – 50m and 200m Freestyle Girls’
• Maria Exarchou (2) – 100m Butterfly and 200m IM Junior Women
• David Merai (2) – 400m IM and 200m Breaststroke Boys’
• Vitalios Albanis (2) – 200m and 400m IM Junior Boys’ B
• Stella Rota (1) – 200m IM Girls’
• Lydia Sotiriou (1) – 400m Freestyle Girls’
• Elena Kanari (1) – 1500m Freestyle Junior Girls’ B
• Natasha Painesi (1) – 100m Butterfly Junior Girls’ B
• Angelos Zografakis (1) – 100m Butterfly Boys’
• Danae Petropoulou (1) – 100m Breaststroke Girls’
• Katerina Solomou (1) – 200m Backstroke Junior Girls’ A
• Angeliki Perdikari (1) – 200m Butterfly Junior Girls’ B
• Filippos Grypaios (1) – 200m IM Juniors
• Maria Gaitanidi (1) – 200m Breaststroke Girls’
• Doretta Zarbouti (1) – 200m Breaststroke Junior Women
• Marilia Darzenta (1) – 400m IM Girls’
• Silia Xira (1) – 1500m Freestyle Girls’
• Myrto Bergin (1) – 400m IM Junior Girls’ A

Bronze (19)

• Angeliki Perdikari (2) – 200m IM and 100m Butterfly Junior Girls’ B
• Christina Kakampoura (2) – 50m and 200m Backstroke Junior Women
• Nefeli Venetsanou (2) – 800m Freestyle and 200m Butterfly Girls’
• Kali Chalvantzi (1) – 50m Backstroke Junior Girls’ B
• Angelos Zografakis (1) – 100m Freestyle Boys’
• Danae Petropoulou (1) – 200m Breaststroke Girls’
• Danae Moulidou (1) – 1500m Freestyle Junior

 

The Deree Swim Academy participated at “Resteia 2024”, held on June 1-2 at the swimming pool of Alimos.

Our team competed with 19 athletes aged 10-12 and 3 athletes aged 8-9 and won 15 medals, as follow:

 

5 Gold

• Filio Mantzara (2 medals) at 50m. free style and 100m. breaststroke – U12
• Eleni Zafeiropoulou at 400m. free style – U11
• Lykourgos Kanaris at 50m. breaststroke -U9
• Nikolas Rantzos at 50m. breaststroke – U8

 

3 Silver

• Konstantina Kapetanea at 50m. butterfly stroke – U10
• Eleni Zafeiropoulou at 200m. freestyle – U11
• Giorgos Bergin at 100m. freestyle -U10

 

7 Bronze

• Eirini Stavrianou at 50m. freestyle – U12
• Filio Mantzara at 100m. freestyle – U12
• Nikolas Rantzos at 50m. freestyle – U10
• Stavros Alivizatos at 50m. backstroke – U12
• Iasonas Simos 200m. mixed -U10
• Konstantina Kapetanea 200m. mixed – U10
• Minogiannis, Alivizatos, Raptis, Kokores 4×100 – mixed – U12

 

 

The “Acropolis Junior 2024” was hosted at the indoor swimming pool of OAKA on the weekend of May 11-12, where the Deree Swim Academy participated with 24 athletes, winning 6 medals and qualifying for 8 finals.

Detailed medal achievements:

Silver Medals:

• Konstantina Kapetanea – 100m Backstroke – Girls 10
• Eirini Stavrianou – 200m Freestyle – Girls 12
• Filio Mantzara – 50m Backstroke – Girls 12

Bronze Medals:

• Thanasis Minogiannis – 50m Backstroke – Boys 12
• Giorgos Raptis – 100m Butterfly – Boys 12
• Ioannis Pentidis, Giorgos Karavokyros, Ion Livieratos, Nikolas Georgiadis, Giorgos Raptis, Thanasis Minogiannis – 6×50 Relay – Boys Mixed 10-11-12 years

Congratulations to our young swimmers!

 

The Deree Swim Academy participated successfully at the “21st Venizelia,” hosted at the Chania swimming pool on April 10-12.

The 71 athletes who participated showed impressive performance throughout the week, concluding the competitions with very high results considering the circumstances and fatigue of preparation.

Our younger athletes (born in 2010-2011) although they could not participate in the afternoon finals, as their ranking was in the OPEN format (Men-Women), they still performed very well.

Our swimmers gave their best and won 36 medals (8 gold, 16 silver, 12 bronze), leaving the best impressions.

More specifically:

• Laura Ferra – 3 gold (100m and 50m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly) and 1 bronze (200m Freestyle)
• Cilia Xira – 2 gold (800m and 400m Freestyle)
• Angelos Zografakis – 1 gold (200m Butterfly) and 1 silver (100m Butterfly)
• David Merai – 1 gold (200m Breaststroke) and 1 silver (100m Breaststroke)
• Nefeli Venetsanou – 1 gold (200m Butterfly)
• Konstantinos Geramanis – 3 silver (400m, 200m, and 800m Freestyle)
• Christina Kakampoura – 3 silver (50m, 200m, and 100m Backstroke)
• Maria Exarchou – 2 silver (400m IM and 100m Butterfly) and 1 bronze (100m Freestyle)
• Danae Petropoulou – 2 silver (50m and 100m Breaststroke) and 1 bronze (200m Breaststroke)
• Stella Rota – 1 silver (200m Freestyle) and 3 bronze (200m, 400m IM, and 400m Freestyle)
• Giannos Voulas – 1 silver (50m Freestyle) and 1 bronze (50m Butterfly)
• Lydia Sotiriou – 1 silver (400m Freestyle)
• Maria Gaitanidou – 1 silver (200m Breaststroke)
• Marios Vlachakis – 2 bronze (400m IM and 100m Butterfly)
• Filippos Grypaios – 1 bronze (200m IM)
• Giorgos Tsompanoudis – 1 bronze (1500m Freestyle)
• Anny Stavrianou – 1 bronze (1500m Freestyle)

Warm congratulations to everyone!

 

The athletes of Deree Swim Academy had excellent performances at the Panhellenic School Championship in Thessaloniki.

Our athletes Geramanis Konstantinos, Rota Stella, Pazaiti Ioanna, Zarbouti Areti, and Ferra Lora won the 1st place and secured their participation to the World School Championship, that will be held in Bahrain in October.

Congratulations to everyone!

• Geramanis Konstantinos: 400m Freestyle – 4’01″89
• Rota Stella: 800m Freestyle – 9’22″25
• Pazaiti Ioanna: 200m Butterfly – 2’19″15
• Zarbouti Areti: 200m Breaststroke – 2’35″66
• Ferra Lora: 100m Freestyle – 58″84

 

The Deree Swim Academy participated with 57 athletes in A.S. PERA “From Constantinople to Athens” swim event, that took place on April 12-14 at the OAKA.

Congratulations to our athletes, who achieved exceptionally good performances and numerous of individual records, winning 36 medals in total.

Gold Medals (11)

• Sotiriou Lydia (2) – 100m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke

• Painessi Natassa (2) – 200m Individual Medley and 200m Breaststroke

• Exarchou Maria – 100m Freestyle Young

• Rota Stella – 200m Individual Medley

• Voulas Yiannos – 50m Breaststroke

• Ferra Laura – 100m Butterfly

• Gaitanidi Maria – 200m Breaststroke

• Stavrianou Annie – 200m Backstroke

• Zarboutis Anastasios – 50m Breaststroke

Silver Medals (16)

• Solomou Katerina (2) – 100m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke

• Exarchou Maria (2) – 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke Young

• Stavrianou Annie – 400m Individual Medley

• Zarbouti Doretta – 200m Freestyle Young

• Panagioti Manos-Peloump – 50m Butterfly

• Painessi Natassa – 50m Butterfly

• Alvanis Vitalios – 400m Freestyle

• Kanari Elena – 400m Freestyle

• Voulas Yiannos – 50m Butterfly

• Xira Silia – 50m Butterfly

• Ferra Laura – 200m Individual Medley

• Theodoulidis Thanasis – 200m Breaststroke

• Avramidou Sofia – 50m Backstroke

• Darzenta Marilia – 200m Backstroke

Bronze Medals (9)

• Tsobanoudis George – 1500m Freestyle

• Xira Silia – 100m Backstroke

• Meraj David – 400m Individual Medley

• Gaitanidi Maria – 400m Individual Medley Girls

• Avramidou Sofia – 50m Butterfly Girls

• Zografakis Angelos – 100m Freestyle

• Petropoulou Danae – 200m Individual Medley

• Panagioti Manos-Peloump – 100m Butterfly

• Tsoubelis Nikos – 200m Breaststroke

The Deree Swim Academy participated with 23 athletes (aged 8-12), in the “First athletes-then champions” Swim Meet, by Olympiacos, tht held on Sunday, April 7, at the Papastrateio Swimming Pool, winning a total of 34 medals:

Gold (13 medals)

• Ratzos Nicolas (50m freestyle – Boys 8 years)
• Kapetanea Konstantina (50m freestyle – Girls 10 years)
• Stavrianou Eirini (100m butterfly – Girls 12 years)
• Mantzara Filio (100m backstroke – Girls 12 years)
• Raptis George (200m freestyle – Boys 12 years)
• Georgiadis Nicolas (200m freestyle – Boys 10 years)
• Rantzos Nicolas (50m butterfly – Boys 8 years)
• Georgiadis Nicolas (50m backstroke – Boys 10 years)
• Mantzara Filio (50m backstroke -Girls 12 years)
• Bourika Ioanna (50m backstroke – Girls 11 years)
• Kapetanea Konstantina (50m backstroke – Girls 10 years)
• Alivizatos Stavros (100m freestyle – Boys 12 years)
• Stavrianou Eirini (100m freestyle – Girls 12 years)

Silver (10 medals)

• Simos Jason (50m freestyle – Boys 10 years)
• Raptis George (100m butterfly – Boys 12 years)
• Bourika Ioanna (100m backstroke – Girls 11 years)
• Kokores Taxiarchis (200m breaststroke – Boys 12 years)
• Mantzara Filio (200m freestyle – Girls 12 years)
• Kanaris Lykourgos (50m butterfly – Boys 9 years)
• Stavrianou Eirini (50m butterfly – Girls 12 years)
• Balabanis George (100m freestyle – Boys 11 years)
• Lebesi Myrto (100m freestyle – Girls 11 years)
• Zafeiropoulou Eleni (200m backstroke – Girls 11 years)

Bronze (11 medals)

• Kanaris Lykourgos (50m freestyle – Boys 9 years)
• Nikolaou Leonardos (50m freestyle – Boys 8 years)
• Bergkin George (50m butterfly – Boys 10 years)
• Vravaki Andriani (50m breaststroke – Girls 10 years)
• Alivizatos Stavros (100m butterfly – Boys 12 years)
• Nikolaou Leonardos (50m backstroke – Boys 8 years)
• Bergkin George (50m butterfly – Boys 10 years)
• Kokores Taxiarchis (100m freestyle – Boys 12 years)
• Livieratos Ion (100m freestyle – Boys 11 years)
• Raptis George (200m IM – Boys 12 years)
• Simos Jason (200m IM – Boys 10 years)

Congratulations to all athletes and the coach, Mrs. Samartzi Sofia!

The Hellenic Swimming Federation announced the updated lists for the national team and elite swimmers for the 2023-2024 season. Among them, there are 25 athletes from the Deree Swim Academy:

National Team A (competition)

• Zarbouti Areti (2008)
• Pazaiti Ioanna (2008)
• Rota Styliani (2008)
• Sotiriou Lydia (2008)
• Geramanis Konstantinos (2008)

National Team B (competition)

• Vlachakis Marios (2008)
• Voulas Ioannis (2008)
• Zografakis Angelos (2008)
• Merai David (2009)
• Spyropoulos Aris (2008)
• Ferreira Laura (2008)
• Venetsanou Nefeli (2009)
• Xira Vasiliki (2009)
• Petropoulou Danae (2009)

Elite A (competition)

• Solomou Katerina (2010)
• Tzoumis Dimitris (2011)

Elite A (pre-competition)

• Matzara Filio (2012)
• Stavrianou Eirini (2012)
• Minogiannis Athanasios (2012)
• Raptis George (2012)

Elite B (competition)

• Painesi Natasa (2011)
• Chalvatzis Kali (2011)
• Albani Vittorio (2011)
• Theodoulidis Athanasios (2011)

Elite B (pre-competition)

• Alivizatos Stavros (2012)

Congratulations to our athletes and their coaches, Mr. Antoniou Antonis, Mr. Syrbopoulos Yiannis, Mr. Demetis Vasilis, and Ms. Samartzi Sofia.