The Deree Swim Academy participated with twenty-two athletes at the Men’s – Women’s Winter Championship (Open) at OAKA on Dec. 15-17.

We congratulate Marios Vlachakis on his national record, breaking his own at 200m. butterfly style, with an impressive 2:11:12, and Ioanna Pazaiti who won a gold medal at 200m. backstroke.

Even if our team was comprised of younger-age athletes, many achieved distinctions and qualifications in semi-finals or finals.

All distinctions below:

• Ioanna Pazaiti: 1^st at 200m Backstroke, 7^th at 100m Backstroke, 14^th at 50m Backstroke.
• Areti Zarbouti: 6^th at Breaststroke, 13^th at Group solo.
• Stella Rota: 6^th at 400m. Freestyle, 11^th at 200m. Freestyle, 14^th at 800m. Freestyle.
• Angelos Zografakis: 7^th at 200m. Butterfly.
• Lydia Sotiriou: 7^th at 200m Breaststroke.
• Konstantinos Geramanis: 9^th at 400m. Freestyle, 12^th at 200m. Freestyle.
• Danae Petropoulou: 9^th at 50m. Breaststroke, 10^th at 100m. Breaststroke, 15^th at 200m. Breaststroke.
• Marios Vlachakis: 10^th at 200m. Butterfly.
• Nefeli Venetsanou: 9^th at 200m. Freestyle, 13^th at 400m. Freestyle.
• Maria Exarchou: 10^th at 400m. Group solo, 12^th at 200m. Group solo.
• Sylia Xeera: 10^th at 1500m. Freestyle, 16^th at 800m. Freestyle.
• Laura Ferra: 10^th at 200m. Freestyle, 13^th at 100m. Freestyle.
• Doretta Zarbouti: 12^th at 200m. Breaststroke.
• Maria Gaitanidi: 14^th at 200m. Breaststroke.
• Eirini Anagnostopoulou: 14^th at 1500m. Freestyle.
• Annie Stavrianou: 15^th at 1500m. Freestyle.

(Note: the rankings are calculated without the foreign athletes, following K.O.E.’s directive)

Coaches Antonis Antoniou, Vasilis Demetis and Giannis Syrmpopoulos chaperoned our team.