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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1937 births
Living people
Greek male discus throwers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Greece
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Athens Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Greece Members of the Academy of Athens (modern) Members of Academia Europaea Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts National Technical University of Athens alumni Academic staff of the National Technical University of Athens Brown University faculty Georgia Tech faculty Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology Academic staff of the University of Hamburg California Institute of Technology faculty Grand Crosses of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece) Grand Commanders of the Order of George I Greek engineers Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade