The Deree Swim Academy had an amazing performance at the ” National Winter Swim Championship – Open 2022”, held on February 25-27 at the Athens Olympic Swimming Pool!

Our team won 11 medals in total (6 gold – 2 silver – 3 bronze), participated in 24 finals, and is one of the top swim teams in Greece in the Men’s and Women’s categories!

Specifically, our swimmers won:

Antonia Rakopoulou

• 1^st place in the 800m & 1500m women’s freestyle, and 3^rd place in the 400m women’s freestyle.

Xanthi Mitsakou

• 1^st place in the 200m & 400m men’s freestyle.

Dimitris Tsaliagos

• 2nd place in the 200m men’s breaststroke, and 3rd place in the 100m men’s breaststroke.

Anastasia Pepe

• 2^nd place in the 200m women’s backstroke.

Chryssa Mitsakou

• 3^rd place in the 200m women’s freestyle.

Our team also won the 1^st place in the 4×200 women’s freestyle with Xanthi Mitsakou, Zoe Mitsakou, Chryssa Mitsakou and Anastasia Boutou, and the 3^rd place in the 4×100 women’s freestyle with Xanthi Mitsakou, Zoe Mitsakou, Chryssa Mitsakou and Irida Kalampaliki.

Special mention should be also made to Antonia Rakopoulou, who broke the National record in 2 categories (Girls U15/16 and Girls U14) in the 1500m freestyle.

Congratulations to all athletes and their coaches for this great success!