{{Short description|Greek hammer thrower (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Christos Frantzeskakis | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|4|26}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = Greece | sport = Athletics | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = Hammer throw | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = 9th | regionals = | nationals = 1st | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = 78.20m ''(2022)'' <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country| {{GRE}} }} {{Medal|Competition| Balkan Athletics Championships }} {{Medal|Gold| 2019 Pravets | Hammer throw }} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Christos Frantzeskakis''' ({{langx|el|Χρήστος Φραντζεσκάκης}}; born 26 April 2000 in Chania)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-22 |title=Χρήστος Φραντζεσκάκης - ΣΕΓΑΣ |url=https://www.segas.gr/athletes/christos-frantzeskakis/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |language=el}}</ref> is a Greek athletics competitor competing in the hammer throw. He competed in the men's hammer throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
== Career ==
In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw event at the Balkan Athletics Championships held in Pravets, Bulgaria.<ref name="men_hammer_throw_balkan_athletics_championships_2019">{{Cite web|title=Men's hammer throw|url=http://www.balkan-athletics.eu/results/Balkan%20Senior%20Champioinships/72nd%20Balkan%20Senior%20Championships%202019%20Pravets%20BUL/Men/Hammer%20Throw.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=24 June 2020|website=Balkan Athletics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624202141/http://www.balkan-athletics.eu/results/Balkan%20Senior%20Champioinships/72nd%20Balkan%20Senior%20Championships%202019%20Pravets%20BUL/Men/Hammer%20Throw.pdf|archive-date=24 June 2020}}</ref> In that same year, he competed in the men's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.<ref name="men_hammer_throw_world_athletics_championships_2019">{{Cite web|title=Men's hammer throw|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-HT-M-q----.RS4.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001161719/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-HT-M-q----.RS4.pdf|archive-date=1 October 2019|access-date=24 June 2020|website=IAAF - 2019 World Athletics Championships}}</ref> He did not qualify to compete in the final.<ref name="men_hammer_throw_world_athletics_championships_2019"/>
He took the ninth place in the men's hammer throw event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, United States.
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="5"|Representing {{GRE}} |- |2018 |World U20 Championships |Tampere, Finland | - |NM |- |rowspan=3|2019 |European U20 Championships |Borås, Sweden |style="background:silver;"|2nd |84.22 NU20R |- |Balkan Championships |Pravets, Bulgaria |style="background:gold;"|1st |76.67 |- |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |23rd (q) |72.96 |- |rowspan=4|2021 |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |25th (q) |72.19 |- |European Team Championships |Cluj-Napoca, Romania |style="background:silver;"|2nd |73.46 |- |Balkan Championships |Smederevo, Serbia |style="background:silver;"|2nd |72.74 |- |European U23 Championships |Tallinn, Estonia |style="background:silver;"|2nd |75.23 |- |rowspan=2|2022 |World Championships |Eugene, United States |'''9th''' |77.04 |- |European Championships |Munich, Germany |'''6th''' |78.20 |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |14th (q) |74.05 |- |rowspan=2|2024 |European Championships |Rome, Italy |18th (q) |73.11 |- |Olympic Games |Paris, France |12th |73.34 m |- |2025 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |15th (q) |75.43 |- |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frantzeskakis, Christos}} Category:Living people Category:2000 births Category:Greek men hammer throwers Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Greece Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Greece {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub}} Category:Sportspeople from Chania Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Greek sportsmen