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THODORIS RITSAKIS
Co-founder & Coach, Phoenix Boxing Club
Thodoris Ritsakis is co-founder and coach of Phoenix Boxing Club, with extensive experience in amateur and professional boxing. A four-time Greek Champion, he has more than 100 amateur and 18 professional bouts, international appearances with the Greek national team and World Championship experience. Since 2017, he has combined his competitive career with coaching.
ATHLETIC CAREER
He began boxing at 18 and has more than 100 amateur and 18 professional bouts, competing in Greece and abroad.
He became Greek Champion four times, winning his fourth title in 2022 with gold at 71 kg, and boxed for Panathinaikos. That year he also won silver at the international Acropolis Cup, followed by silver at the 2023 Greek Elite Championship at 71 kg.
In professional boxing, he challenged for the WBC Mediterranean Super Welterweight title in Miami in 2021. In 2023 he represented Greece and Panathinaikos at the Men’s World Championships in Tashkent.
COACHING CAREER
Alongside his competitive career, he developed as a coach and co-founded Phoenix Boxing Club in Agia Paraskevi, training both beginners and championship-level athletes.
In 2019 he took charge of the Panathinaikos boxing department. He helped reactivate the team and return it to national competition, serving the club as an athlete, department head and coach.
In 2024 he became head of boxing at Panellinios G.S. He is a graduate of the Department of Statistics at the Athens University of Economics and Business and combines ring experience with a systematic, technical approach to training.
PERSONAL & EDUCATION
Graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business · Currently studying at the School of Physical Education and Sport Science · Father of three. He has described his family as a constant priority alongside his competitive and coaching career.
CAREER MILESTONES
- 2014Greek Champion — 69 kg
- 2015Greek Champion — 69 kg, Panathinaikos
- 2016Greek Champion — 69 kg
- 2019Head of Panathinaikos Boxing
- 2021WBC Mediterranean title challenge, Miami
- 2022Greek Champion — 71 kg, fourth national title
- 2022Silver medal — Acropolis Cup
- 2023World Championships & Greek Elite silver
- 2024Head of Boxing, Panellinios G.S.
