| 15/7/2023 | Tokyo Paralympic gold medalist and two-time world record holder Nassos Gavelas, guided by Dimitris Chrysafis, wins the gold medal at the Paris 2023 Para Athletics World Championships, finishing the 100 meters T11 with a time of 10.93, equaling the games record and completing the triple crown, as he is also European Champion. |
| 15/7/2023 | The New York Liberty player Sabrina Ionescu scores 37 of 40 points after hitting 25 of 27 shots in the three-point shooting contest, setting the all-time record for NBA or WNBA, surpassing Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry (who challenged her) and Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton. They both managed 31 points each in the 2021 and 2023 editions, respectively. In the 2022 edition, Allie Quigley, from the Chicago Sky, was the winner of the three-point contest with 30 points, but she wasn't available for this year's contest. |
| 15/7/2001 | Greece win the European Girls Water Polo Championship after defeating Czech Republic 8-6 in Manchester |
| 15/7/1991 | The “Journalists” basketball team coached by Filippos Sirgos, and players Dimitris Karidas, Vassilis Skountos (7), Giannis Psarakis (8), Kostas Batis (27), Giannis Karalis (5), etc, defeat 55-48 the “Actors” team, coached by Dimitris Botsos, assistant coached by Giorgos Pantzas and players Giorgos Kimoulis, Giannis Bezos (15), Petros Filippidis, Alberto Eskenazy (2), Vassilis Kailas (9), Vassilis Koukouras (7), etc. |
| 15/7/1991 | 26-year-old Vassilis Karapialis is transferred to Olympiacos. The international midfielder, who made his debut with the national team on 17/2/1988, first appeared with Larissa six years ago and ever since he scored 27 goals in 145 championship games |
| 15/7/1984 | Hollis Stacy wins US Women's Open golf tournament for 3rd time |
| 15/7/1983 | Rene van de Kerkhoff, then international Dutch of PSV Eindhoven, who took part in the World Cups of 1974 and 1978, surpisingly signs for Apollon Athens |
| 15/7/1970 | Denmark win the first women's World Soccer Cup after beating Italy by 2-0 |
| 15/7/1952 | Greece is defeated by Denmark with 2-1 at Tampere for the Helsinki Olympic Tournament. Nikos Pentzaropoulos will be remembered as the “Tampere Hero” because of his astonishing saves and when the match ends he will be offered a transfer to Inter by coach Alfredo Foni. A month later, he will move to Milan, play some friendly matches and a year later he will return to Greece since Panionios will not grant him a free transfer |
| 15/7/1949 | Czech tennis players Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik appeal for political asylum in the USA |
| 15/7/1931 | Eligio Sardinias-Montalbo, better known throughout the world as Kid Chocolate, becomes the first Cuban-born world champion when he wins with a technical knockout over junior lightweight champion Benny Bass. He won the featherweight and junior lightweight crowns but he lost his junior lightweight championship when Frankie Klick scored a technical knockout over him in seven and he continued to fight until 1938 against second-rate competition |
| 15/7/1908 | Mihalis Dorizas, who lives in Constantinople, wins the silver medal in javelin throw with 51.36 at the London Olympic Games behind 18 year old Eric Lemming (54.45) from Sweden, holder of the world record (57.33) |
| 15/7/1900 | During the track & field finals of the Paris Olympic Games, the American athletes do not participate for religious purposes, because it is Sunday. As far as the Greek athletes are concerned there is not a matter of choice. The financial tightness as well as the absence of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (it will constitute one year later) make it impossible for SEGAS to cover the expenses. However, Panellinios AC, Ethinkos AC and the newspaper “Embros” finance Sotiris Versis (Panellinios) and Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (Ethnikos) to travel to Paris. Ioannis Georgiadis and Tilemahos Karakalos complement the greek team |
| 15/7/1899 | National benefactor Georgios Averof, who funded the marbling of Panathinaiko Stadium, dies, three years after the 1st Modern Olympic Games |
