Panathinaikos (table tennis club)
Main article: Panathinaikos A.O.
| Nicknames |
The Trifolium The Great Club |
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| Founded | 1924 |
| Based in | Athens, Greece |
| Stadium | Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium |
| President | Dimitris Baltakos |
| Head coach | Kostas Nikopoulos |
| Website | panathinaikos1908.gr |
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The table tennis department of Panathinaikos A.O. was founded in 1924 by the great player Nikos Mantzaroglou. Through the next decades Panathinaikos became one of the best table tennis teams in Greece with a lot of successes in both men and women.
In 1974, the men's team had its biggest success in the european competitions. In the ETTU Cup, Panathinaikos passed Turnerschaft Innsbruck, Centro Sportivo Milano, TTC Rot-Weiß Hamburg and reached the semi-finals, where they disqualified by Hertha BSC Berlin.
Notable players
Nikos Mantzaroglou
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Spyros Giannakopoulos - Giannis Kalogiannis
- Nikos Kostopoulos
- Maria Louka
- Stamatina Louka
- Nikos Mantzaroglou
- Kostas Priftis
- Lena Ralli
- Eleni Vlachaki
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Betty Janes Klosky
Honours
- Greek Clubs' Championship, Men (11):
- 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956,1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1975
- Greek Clubs' Championship, Women (3):
- 1972, 1973, 1974
- Greek Cup, Men (3):
- 1965,1966, 1969
- Greek Cup, Women (1):
- 1972
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ETTU Cup
- Semi-finals (1): 1974
Sources
- 100 years Panathinaikos, Liveri, 2008
- Official website (Greek)
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