Petros Gkaidatzis
Greek rower (born 2000)
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Petros Gkaidatzis (born 25 November 2000) is a Greek rower. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls.[3]
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| Born | 25 November 2000 [1] Thessaloniki, Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Men's lightweight single sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Naftikos Omilos Kalamarias Thessalonikis[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
A member of the Greek lightweight double sculls team since 2018, he started rowing with Antonios Papakonstantinou in 2023.[4] In May 2023 at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, Gkaidatzis took bronze together with Antonios Papakonstantinou in the lightweight double sculls.[5] That month, they qualified for the Olympic Games at the qualifying tournament in Lucerne.[6]
Competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the duo qualified through the preliminary rounds to reach the final.[7][8] They subsequently won the bronze medal.
