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Greek rowing success medals surge at European Championships
The At the European Rowing Championships in Varese, Italy, saw a breakthrough for Greece. An initial report on 31 July highlighted Greece’s Greece recorded its strongest showing since 2009, with five medals – performance in more than a gold for decade, winning five rowing medals. Petros Gkaidatzis secured gold in the men’s lightweight single scull, scull with a time of 6:50.92, while women’s crews added two silvers and two bronzes across the men’s and women’s events – placing the nation single sculls each earned a bronze. The success placed Greece fifth on the overall rowing medal table. A follow‑up report on 2 August focused on Gkaidatzis’s victory, noting his winning time The same championships also marked a comeback for the Alexandri sisters—Anna Maria, Irini and Vasiliki—in artistic swimming. After a decade representing Austria, they returned to the Greek national team through the efforts of 6:50.92 Hellenic Olympic Committee president Isidoros Koubelos and describing it as Greece’s first European captured two gold in the lightweight single sculls, underscoring medals. Their victories, alongside the growing strength rowing haul, underscore a broader resurgence of Greek rowing sport on the continental European stage.