PWA Athletes

Jean-Marc Fantis

Jean-Marc  Fantis
GRE-7
Age: 45
Height: 178
Debut: 2011
Residence: Greece
Nationality: Greek
Boards: JP
Sails: NeilPryde

Biography

1st PWA event entered Turkey Slalom 2011

I started windsurfing at the age of 11 and after 4 years I start competing at national level. From 1994 I participate every year to the Nationals races (Formula-Slalom-Olympic Class One Design Mistral-Rsx), all the Paros PWA and some Olympic Class Worlds and Europeans. Best times of my life was 1997 when I won both National championship men and youth, next year when I was part of the Greek team (Micah Buzianis, Jean-Marc Fantis, Philip Adamidis) for the PWA Transatlantic Windsurfing Race 1998 Canada to England and 2004 when I coached the Olympic champion and gold medalist Nikos Kaklamanakis. The time that I was coaching him he gots: 1st World championship Athens 2001, 2nd World championship Spain 2003, 1st Pre-olympics Athens 2002, 1st Pre-olympics Athens 2003, 2nd Olympic Games Athens 2004.
My personal best results are :
1994 2nd Youth Nationals Olympic Class Mistral One Design
1994 1st Youth National Slalom
1995 6th Athens Eurolymp Week Olympic Class Mistral One Design
1995 1st Youth National Slalom
1996 3 Youth National Championship Olympic Class Mistral One Design
1997 3 Youth National Championship Olympic Class Mistral One Design
1997 4th Balkan Championship Olympic Class Mistral One Design
1996 6th Athens Eurolymp Week Olympic Class Mistral One Design
1996 1st Youth National Slalom
1997 1st Youth National Slalom
1997 1st Men’s National Slalom
1997 1st Youth National Slalom Windsurfing Association
1997 1st Men’s National Slalom Windsurfing Association
1998 1st Men’s Nationals Slalom Championship
1998 2nd PWA Transatlantic Windsurfing Race (Canada to Eangland)
1999 2nd Balkan Championship Olympic Class Mistral One Design
2000 13th Paros International Formula Grand Prix
2000 24th Paros World Funboard Championship
2000 24th Paros PWA World Cup
2000 9th PWA TransBosphorus Windsurfing Race (Turkey)
2000 2nd National Funboard Championship
2001 9th ASA Israel Windsurfing Cup Olympic Class Mistral One Design
2001 2nd National Funboard Championship
2002 21st Rhodes Formula Grand Prix
2002 2nd National Funboard Championship
2003 2nd National Formula Championship
2004-2008 Coaching
2009 3rd National Formula Championship
2009 2nd National Slalom Championship
2010 1st National Slalom Championship
2011 2nd National Slalom Championship
2011 1st jeep Chrysler National Cup

Sponsors

JP, NeilPryde, Funsports
Jean-Marc  Fantis