About Antonis Kounadis
Born 1937. Antonis Kounadis is a Greek athletics competitor and civil engineer.
Antonios or Anthony Kounadis (; born 20 April 1937) is a discus thrower, civil engineer, scholar and academician from Greece. He was President of the Academy of Athens for the year 2018. He was named the 1959 Greek Athlete of the Year.
Sport career Kounadis was born in Athens. He represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, where he ended up in 18th place in the overall-rankings. Kounadis is best known for having won the gold medal in the men's discus event at the 1959 Summer Universiade and at the 1959 Mediterranean Games.
Academic career A professor of civil engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), he was elected in 1999 a full member of the Academy of Athens. He was Vice-President of the Academy of Athens for the year 2017, and President for the year 2018.
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Who is Antonis Kounadis?
Greek discus thrower
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Antonis Kounadis was born on 20 April 1937 in Athens.
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Antonis Kounadis is an athletics competitor and civil engineer.
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Antonis Kounadis is Greek.
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