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Panathinaikos (table tennis club)

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Founded
  
1924

President
  
Dimitris Baltakos

Based in
  
Athens, Greece

Head coach
  
Kostas Nikopoulos

Nicknames
  
The Trifolium The Great Club

Stadium
  
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium

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.

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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

  • Spyros Giannakopoulos
  • Giannis Kalogiannis
  • Nikos Kostopoulos
  • Maria Louka
  • Stamatina Louka
  • Nikos Mantzaroglou
  • Kostas Priftis
  • Lena Ralli
  • Eleni Vlachaki
  • 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
  • ETTU Cup
  • Semi-finals (1): 1974
  • References

    Panathinaikos (table tennis club) Wikipedia