Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi () is a Greek multisports club based in Patras, Greece.
The history of Panachaiki G.E. began on 14 June 1891, when Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos () was founded. In 1894, a rival sports club, Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron (), was founded in Patras by former Panachaikos' members.Patras' sports history It was only in 1923 that the two clubs agreed to merge, forming Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi.
Throughout a history of over 120 years, Panachaiki's athletes have won several Olympic medals. Emblematic figures in Panachaiki's history are weightlifter Dimitrios Tofalos and Kostas Davourlis, leader of the great football team that impressed Greece in the 1970s and took part in the 1973–74 UEFA Cup,Rsssf, website about football statistics being the first Greek countryside football club (outside Athens and Thessaloniki) to achieve that distinction.
Departments
Football Volleyball Basketball Athletics Boxing
Titles Panachaiki Football (Honours: 1 titles) Opap championship: (1): 1972
Panachaiki athletics (Honours: 3 titles) Greek Cross Country Championship, Men: (2): 1981, 1982 Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (1): 1959
Panachaiki boxing (Honours: 7 titles) Greek Championship, Men: (4): 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 Greek Championship, Women: (3): 2018, 2019, 2022
Panachaiki beach volley (Honours: 2 titles) Greek Championship, Men: (2) : 2010, 2011
Panachaiki G.E. Greek Olympic medalists
Nikolaos Andriakopoulos Antonios Pepanos Pantelis Karasevdas Stephanos Christopoulos Dimitrios Tofalos Themistoklis Diakidis Konstantinos Kozanitas Georgios Psachos Vassilios Psachos Konstantinos Lazaros
Notable supporters Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Olympic athlete, Gold medalist n 1896 Olympics Alekos Chrysanthakopoulos, politician with PASOK and LAOS Stephanos Christopoulos, Roman-Greek fighter, former Panachaiki athlete, Bronze medalist in 1896 Olympics Vivian Ioakeim, model, former Panachaiki athlete Dimitris Katsikopoulos, politician with PASOK Christos Karyllos, politician, former club president Kostis Stefanopoulos, former President of Hellenic Republic Dimitrios Tofalos, weightlifter, former Panachaiki athlete, world record holder (1904-1914)
References
Sources
Municipality of Patras, 100 years of football in Patras, 2006 Kokkovikas, K., The sports past of Achaia, 2004
External links
News sites Panachaiki G.E. on pgeole.gr Panachaiki G.E. on sportfmpatras.gr Media