Zafiropoulos, Drougas, Popp, Panhellenic Winners 2019 

Markopoulo, December 15th 2019

Press Release

The 72nd Panhellenic Jumping Competition was held on December 12-15, 2019, at the Olympic Equestrian Center in Markopoulo. Despite the bad weather conditions, the competitions were characterized by high participation of athletes and horses, significant victories and awards by athletes from the province, and the record of participation of 18 teams from all over Greece in the 2019 National Development Team Event, which are signs that the development policy of the sport implemented by the Hellenic Equestrian Federation in recent years it's beginning to perform. 

Grand winner and 1st Panhellenic winner in the Seniors Class was the only athlete with a double clear round was Kriton Zafeiropoulos of IOKEN with Dicaprio. 2nd Panhellenic winner was Nikolina Makarona with Arc de Triomphe with 4 points coming from Lamia and competing for IOKALSG and 3rd Panhellenic winner was Monika Martin with Let's Hope with 8 points of IOAF.

1st Panhellenic winner in the Juniors category was Dimitris Drougas with Magic de France coming from Kalamata and competing for IPPOKalamaras, being the only rider with 0 points in the two rounds. 2nd Panhellenic winner was George Meimarides of AOI with Larimar des Baumes with 8 points and 3rd Panhellenic winner was Anni Vatidis with Castor Z coming from Corfu and competing for IPOA with 8 points as well.

The first Panhellenic winner in the Children's category was Semeli Pop of EIO with Arabella with 0 points and the best time of 40.37 in the two rounds. In the 2nd and 3rd place were the two brothers from AIOB, Symeon Paraschakis with Boris du Melinre and Amarylis Paraschakis with Zovidius also with 0 points and times of 46.57 and 49.45 respectively.

In the Amazons category, this year's Balkan Champion Katerina Laskaridis of IOE with Calandra 21 was the winner with 0 points and the fastest time in 32.43. In second place was Karolina Vogdanou of IOKOUV with Antrax with 0 points and a time of 33.59 in the jump off, while Amanda Karageorgou of IOE with Rushdie was in 3rd place with two points in two rounds.

In the category of Young Horses, 5 year old Champion was Cortana Z of IOKEN with Kriton Zafiropoulos, while Antonis Antoniou with Janning of IOKUB was in 2nd place and Monica Martini of IAOF with Jordan was in 3rd place.

6 year old Champion was Hip Hop of IOMS with Nikos Kouvaras, followed by Stavros Georgopoulos of IOB with Deister Z and Leonidas Palegdas of IOVOP with Dalia respectively.

7-year-old champion was Celebrity with Alexandros Fourlis of IOM. In second place was Idefix again with Alexandros Fourlis and in 3rd place was Hopalong Hans of IOBOP with Mariansi Kyriakopoulou.

In the National Development Team Competition, which completed the schedule yesterday with a record of team participation, winning team was Avlonas Equestrian Club, which scored 4 points in the two rounds. In the 2nd and 3rd places were two teams from Crete, theRethymno Equestrian Club and Crete Athletic Equestrian Club with 8 points each.

Category B height 1.30m. was won by Avgerinos Linardos of EIO with Carine with the only clear round, while in the 2nd and 3rd place was Kriton Zafiropoulos of IOKEN with Fay G and Quite Flower respectively.

In Category C height 1.20m. in 1st place was Lauren van Berkel of IOM with Chance de la Logue with a double clear round and best time, 26.15 in Phase b. In second place was Stavros Georgopoulos with Cohiba of IOB and in 3rd place Alexandros Krasimirov of AIOAT with Balus Flirt.

In Category D height 1.15m. Alexandros Krasimirov of AIOAT was the winner with Ard Doolan with the fastest time 56.63. 2nd was George Albantakis with Belissima coming from Heraklion Crete and competing for AIOKritis and 3rd was Christo Naydenov with Its Arko.

In the ZE Category 1.05-1.10m. the winner was Zoe Sofia Ortona of IOM with Uriel du Fort, while Nikos Papadimas was 2nd with King Roan of IOTRAK and 3rd was Sofia Stefopoulou with Kodak of EIO.

In Category of 1.00m. George Albadakis of AIOKritis won the 1st and 2nd places with Nana and Belissima respectively, while Elias Kissas with Mary coming from Volos and competing for IPOTIS was 3rd.

In Class of 0.80-.0.90m. Theodora Andreou of AIOAT with Woelia took the first place, while Semeli Pop with Iren of EIO and Stelios Koumentakis with Karta I coming from Plakias Crete and competing for AIOPlakias were in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

 

From the Press Office of the Hellenic Equestrian Federation