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Dimitrios Pavlidis
Dimitrios Pavlidis born on September 21 2003 and he is a Greek athlete who specializes in the discus throw. He is the national record holder of the event in three different age categories with 61.77 meters (202 ft 6in) for the U20 (1.750 kg discus) and 64.90 meters (212 ft 9 in) for U23 and Seniors (2kg discus). He got into the world of sports from a young age but his career as a discus thrower started in 2018. He has claimed national championship titles winning the U16, U18, U20, and U23 national championships and he is a runner-up in the senior national championships. At the age of 17 years old decided to travel to the United States and become a student-athlete earning a sports scholarship from the University of Kansas holding the school record and winning the title of Big 12 Champion in 2024 and All-American honors in the NCAA Division 1.

In 2022 was the 4th World U20 champion in Cali Colombia where he threw his personal best and U20 Greek national record of 61.77 meters (202 ft 6in). Since 2018 Dimitrios Pavlidis has been an active member of the Greek national team.

Career
Starting in 2018 Dimitrios won the national U16 (1kg) championship with a mark of 62 meters (203 ft 4in) and 3rd place in the national U18 championships and his first participation in the Greek national team. In 2019 he won 3rd place in the Balkan U18 championships (1.5kg sicus) with a best mark of 53.25 meters (174 ft 7in). In 2020 he won the national U18 championships with the best mark of 60.62 meters (198ft 8 in). He tied the U20 national record (1.75kg sicus) of 58.27 meters (191 ft 1 in) in 2021. In the same year, he participated in his first European in Tallinn, Esthonia, and Worlds in Nairobi Kenya U20 championships where he finished 10th in the World championships. 2022 was a special year for Dimitrios. He became the U20 national champion with the best mark of 59.31 meters (194 ft 5 in) and the U23 national champion (2kg discus) with 54.91 meters (180 ft 1 in). Additionally, he participated in the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali Colombia where he won 4th place breaking the U20 national record two times throwing 61.48 (201 ft 7 in) and finishing with 61.77 (202 ft 6in). Moving on to 2023 being only 19 years old Dimitrios managed to break the Greek national record in the seniors category which was held for 21 years by throwing 64.90 meters (212 ft 9 in) in the 2023 Kansas Relays.