Giorgos Babaniotis

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Giorgos Babaniotis was a Greek athlete who competed in the hammer throw.

Babaniotis was born in 1941. He was an athlete of Panellinios Gymnastic Club. He broke the Greek record for the hammer throw 16 times, the last time being in 1974 with 70.40m.

He was the first Greek hammer thrower to break the 60m barrier (in 1962) and the first to break 70m.

Among his accomplishments were three gold medals in the Balkan Games.

He died in March of 2002.