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{{Short description|Greek politician and former weightlifter}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Pyrros Dimas
| image = Piros dimas in dion.jpg
| caption = 
| nationality = Greek
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|13|df=yes}}<ref name="Sports Reference">{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Pirro Dhima |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/pyrros-dimas-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235953/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/pyrros-dimas-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=11 June 2014}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Himarë (town)|Himarë]], Albania
| height = {{convert|173|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="Sports Reference" />
| weight = {{convert|83.15|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| country = {{flagicon image|Flag of Albania (1946–1992).svg}} [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|Albania]] (1982–1992) <br /> {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greece]] (1992–2004)
| sport = [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
| event = 85 kg
| pb = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 180.5 kg (1999)|Clean and jerk: 215 kg (2000)|Total: 392.5 kg (1996)}}
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GRE}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg|-82.5&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 83 kg|-83&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|-85&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg|-85&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1993 Melbourne|-83&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1995 Guangzhou|-83&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1998 World Weightlifting Championships|1998 Lahti]]|-85&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1999 World Weightlifting Championships|1999 Athens]]|-85&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1995 Warszawa|-83&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1998 European Weightlifting Championships|1998 Riesa]]|-85 kg}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1992 Szekszard|-82.5&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1993 Sofia|-83&nbsp;kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1993 Mediterranean Games|1993 Languedoc-Roussillon]]|-91&nbsp;kg}}
}}

'''Pyrros Dimas''' ({{langx|el|Πύρρος Δήμας}}; {{IPA|el|piros ðimas|pron}}; born 13 October 1971) is a [[Greece|Greek]] politician and former [[weightlifter]]. He is currently the technical director for [[USA Weightlifting]], having taken that position in June 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/21596079/how-teenager-cj-cummings-help-rescue-weightlifting |title=Raising the Bar |first=Bonnie D. |last=Ford |website=[[ESPN.com]] |date=29 November 2017 |access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref> Dimas has also been involved in politics as a member of the [[Hellenic Parliament]], representing the [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] from 2012 to 2015. 

Dimas is the most decorated Greek athlete in the Olympics and is widely considered one of the greatest weightlifters of all time, having been [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists|three times Olympic Gold Medalist]] (in his fourth Olympiad, a knee injury notwithstanding, he won the bronze medal), and three times [[World Weightlifting Championships|World Champion]]. He was named the [[Greek Male Athlete of the Year]], for the years 1992, 1993, 1995, and 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pyrros Dimas |url=https://www.peace-sport.org/champions/pyrros-dimas/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=www.peace-sport.org |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Early years ==

Dimas was born in 1971 in [[Himarë]], southern Albania,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodbody |first1=John |title=100 greatest Olympic moments: Dimas has the Midas touch |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/australasia-travel/australia/100-greatest-olympic-moments-dimas-has-the-midas-touch-zr7fllz69p6 |work=[[The Times]] |access-date=13 September 2022 |language=en |quote=the Greek weightlifter Pyrros Dimas had a similar burden in Athens. ... partly because he had been born in Albania in northern Epirus,}}</ref> to ethnic [[Greeks in Albania|Greek]] parents.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Repanas |first1=Antonios |title=Pyrros Dimas and the "American Dream" in Greece |url=http://www.humanstories.gr/en/o-pyrros-dimas-ke-to-american-dream-me-ti-skepsi-stin-ellada/ |access-date=19 August 2016 |quote=This three-time Olympic gold medal winner and one-time bronze winner came to Greece from Albania in 1991. “Personally I have never felt like a refugee. I came to my country. I did not go to another country to feel like a refugee or an immigrant. I came here with legal papers and with my entire family. I also had help from Yianni Syorou. However, there were other people from the Northern Epirus who came here illegally from the mountains and who risked their lives.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Heinrichs |first1=Ann |title=Greece |date=2002 |publisher=Children's Press |location=Danbury, Conn. |isbn=9780516222714 |page=[https://archive.org/details/greece00hein/page/113 113] |url=https://archive.org/details/greece00hein |url-access=registration |quote=Born in northern Epirus in 1 971, Dimas competes in the 159-pound}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Keridis |first1=Dimitris |title=Historical dictionary of modern Greece |date=2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Md. |isbn=9780810863125 |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ERJI1jLruQC&q=%22Born+in+Himara+in+southern+Albania+to+ethnic+Greek+parents%2C+Pyrros+Dimas+is+a+Greek+sports+hero.%22&pg=PA55 |quote=Born in Himara in southern Albania to ethnic Greek parents, Pyrros Dimas is a Greek sports hero.}}</ref> Dimas started the sport at 11 and competed at a junior's level at 14. At 18, in 1989, he became triple Champion of Albania for the 82.5&nbsp;kg category and in 1990 he repeated himself.<ref name="Armillotta">{{cite journal |last=Armillotta |first=Giovanni |date=April 2008 |trans-title=Who was the Albanian Pyrros Dimas in Albania |title=Cili ishte shqiptari Pirro Dhima ne Shqiperi? |journal=Albanian Football Magazine |volume=X |issue=178 |pages=12–13 |url=http://www.giovanniarmillotta.it/albania/sport/dhima.htm |access-date=11 June 2010 |language=sq}}</ref>

While in Albania, he was coached by Zef Kovaci. In 1990 he was also accorded the title "Master of Sports" by the Albanian government and the title "European Master" by the [[European Weightlifting Federation]].<ref name="Armillotta"/>

==Results representing Albania==

He was part of the Albanian weightlifting team to which he made important contributions: In 1989 in the 62nd World Championship of Weightlifting Dimas ranked 12th in the World and helped Albania rank 13th in the world.<ref name="Armillotta"/>

In the 69th European Weightlifting Championship (held in [[Aalborg]], [[Denmark]] May 1990), Dimas ranked 4th in Europe and Albania ranked 3rd (after 1st placed USSR and 2nd placed Bulgaria), and in the European Cup for nations (in Antalya, Turkey, December 1990) Dimas, [[Leonidas Sabanis]] and Fatmir Bushi helped Albania rank 2nd in Europe (after 1st placed Bulgaria).<ref name="Armillotta"/>

==Results representing Greece==
During his stay in [[Aalborg]] he came in contact with representatives of the Greece national team: Giannis Sgouros and [[Christos Iakovou]] and he expressed great enthusiasm for a future cooperation. However, the political situation in Albania prohibited him from leaving the country.<ref name=Kavouras>{{cite web |last1=Κάβουρας |first1=Χρήστος |title=Όταν ο Πύρρος ήρθε για να... σηκώσει την Ελλάδα! |url=https://www.onsports.gr/afieromata/story/558137/otan-o-pyrros-irthe-stin-ellada |website=Onsports.gr |access-date=23 February 2018 |language=el |date=7 February 2017}}</ref> Dimas managed to cross the Greek-Albanian border at 7 February 1991, after a several hour exhaustive trip. He then stayed in [[Athens]].<ref name=Kavouras/> He acquired Greek citizenship in 1992,<ref name="Armillotta"/> and first competed under the Greek flag in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], winning a gold medal in the 82.5&nbsp;kg class.

During his third lift for the clean and jerk event, he shouted "Για την Ελλάδα!" (transliterated "Gia tin Ellada!"; meaning "For Greece!"), thus dedicating his victory to Greece. This is the catchphrase with which he is most associated in Greece.

At a time when Greece's success in the Olympics was limited, he and [[Voula Patoulidou]], the [[Gail Devers|surprise]] gold medalist in the [[100 metres hurdles|100m hurdles]], became instant national heroes. They were greeted as such on their return to Greece at a grand ceremony attended by 60,000 people in the [[Panathinaiko Stadium|Panathinaikon Stadium]] in Athens, with a further 30,000 outside the stadium.<ref>{{cite news |title=Godina out, Washington in discus final |work=[[The Denver Post]] |date=30 July 1996}}</ref> His birthplace gave rise to his nickname "The Lion of Himara". His outstanding number of Olympic Gold Medals created another nickname "Midas".

Characteristic of his self-confidence was his tendency to keep the weights lifted after the buzzer had sounded so that the crowd could take photographs.

With the 1993 and 1995 World titles under his belt, Dimas was the favorite to win Olympic Gold in the 83&nbsp;kg class for the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], where he was the flag bearer of the Greece Olympic team. He won the event with two new World Records.

At the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], he won another gold medal, this time in the 85&nbsp;kg class. This made him one of just three weightlifters at that time to have won three Olympic gold medals; the others being [[Naim Süleymanoğlu]] ([[Turkey]], but born in [[Bulgaria]]) and [[Kakhi Kakhiashvili]] (Greece, but born in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]). [[Halil Mutlu]] (like Süleymanoğlu, a [[Turks in Bulgaria|Bulgaria-born Turk]]) would become the fourth in 2004.

At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens, Greece, Dimas was chosen as Greece flag bearer for both the [[2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony|opening]] and [[2004 Summer Olympics#Closing ceremony|closing]] ceremonies. Dimas was recovering from knee surgery and a hurt wrist and was not expected to compete in these Olympics, but he came away with a bronze medal in the 85&nbsp;kg class, becoming the fourth weightlifter in history to win a medal at four different Olympic Games, the third to win those four medals successively, and the only one whose four medals include 3 golds, thus cementing his status as a national hero in Greece and as an international weightlifting legend.

After earning the bronze medal he signalled his retirement by leaving his shoes on the platform, while the appreciative Greek crowd gave him a standing ovation.<ref name="ioc">{{cite web |url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=64877 |title=Pyrros DIMAS – The most successful weightlifter |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=10 December 2008}} {{Dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref>

In June 2008, Dimas became vice-president,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weightlifting.gr/English/frames/Board02.htm |title=Board of Directors Milestones |publisher=Hellenic Weightlifting Federation |access-date=15 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320080023/http://www.weightlifting.gr/English/frames/Board02.htm |archive-date=20 March 2008}}</ref> and in October 2008 president of the Hellenic Weightlifting Federation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/sport_1KathiLev&xml/&aspKath/sports.asp&fdate=13/10/2008 |title=Pyrros Dimas carries weight of rebuilding his sport |date=13 October 2008 |newspaper=[[Kathimerini]] |access-date=15 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091112131833/http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/sport_1KathiLev%26xml/%26aspKath/sports.asp%26fdate%3D13/10/2008 |archive-date=12 November 2009}}</ref>

==Political activities==
In 2012, Dimas entered politics as a member of [[PASOK]], being elected as a member of Greek parliament in the [[May 2012 Greek legislative election|May]] and [[June 2012 Greek legislative election|June]] 2012 elections.<ref name="Panorama1">{{cite web |last=Panorama |url=http://www.panorama.com.al/2012/04/24/pirro-dhima-ne-krye-te-listes-se-pasok-per-deputet/ |title=Pirro Pirro Dhima deputet, ne krye te listes PASOK |publisher=Panorama |date=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142237/http://www.panorama.com.al/2012/04/24/pirro-dhima-ne-krye-te-listes-se-pasok-per-deputet/ |archive-date=13 April 2014}}</ref> He was soon polemical with Greece's policies with [[Northern Epirus]]- his place of origin- claiming that the Greek government has "forgotten" it.<ref name="Samarxhiu2">{{cite web |last=Samarxhiu |first=Thimi |url=http://www.balkanweb.com/kryesore/1/pirro-dhima-greqia-te-mos-e-harroje-epirin-e-veriut-92181.html |title=Pirro Dhima: Greqia të mos e harrojë 'Epirin e Veriut' |publisher=Balkanweb |date=11 June 2012 |quote=Kjo zonë për shumë-shumë vite ishte e harruar nga partitë politike greke; This area was forgotten for many many years from the Greek political parties. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114928/http://www.balkanweb.com/kryesore/1/pirro-dhima-greqia-te-mos-e-harroje-epirin-e-veriut-92181.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

Dimas has campaigned for the rights of [[Greeks in Albania|ethnic Greeks in Albania]], drawing attention to alleged human rights abuses (in particular alleged land grabs against the Greek community of [[Himara]]), while calling on the Greek government to intervene.<ref>{{cite news |title=Οργή Πύρρου Δήμα για την αρπαγή των περιουσιών των ομογενών στη Χιμάρα |url=https://www.athensvoice.gr/epikairotita/ellada/502070/orgi-pyrroy-dima-gia-tin-arpagi-ton-perioysion-ton-omogenon-sti-heimarra/ |access-date=5 October 2022 |work=AthensVoice |language=el}}</ref> On 17 February 2014 Dimas participated in the ceremony of 100th anniversary of the declaration of Autonomy of the [[Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus|Republic of Northern Epirus]].<ref name="Panorama2">{{cite web |last=Panorama |url=http://www.panorama.com.al/2014/02/17/athina-feston-100-vjetorin-e-autonomise-se-vorio-epirit-ne-ceremoni-deputete-greke-vendos-kurora-edhe-pirro-dhima/ |title=Athina feston 100 vjetorin e Pavaresise se Vorio Epirit, i pranishem edhe Pirro Dhima |publisher=Panorama |date=17 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406185953/http://www.panorama.com.al/2014/02/17/athina-feston-100-vjetorin-e-autonomise-se-vorio-epirit-ne-ceremoni-deputete-greke-vendos-kurora-edhe-pirro-dhima/ |archive-date=6 April 2014}}</ref> Dimas propagates against what he considers to be discrimination policies of the Albanian state against the Greek community of Himara,<ref>{{cite web |title=Οργή από τον Πύρρο Δήμα για την αρπαγή των περιουσιών των ομογενών στη Χειμάρρα |url=https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/846978/orgi-apo-ton-purro-dima-gia-tin-arpagi-ton-periousion-ton-omogenon-sti-heimarra/ |website=ProtoThema |access-date=30 January 2020 |language=el |date=13 December 2018}}</ref> as well as of the rights of the Greek population of [[Northern Epirotes]] in general.<ref>{{cite web |title=Πύρρος Δήμας: Η αλβανική κυβέρνηση καταπατά τα δικαιώματα των Βορειοηπειρωτών |url=https://www.cnn.gr/ellada/story/158144/pyrros-dimas-h-alvaniki-kyvernisi-katapata-ta-dikaiomata-ton-voreioipeiroton |website=CNN.gr |access-date=2 October 2022 |language=el |date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

In an interview in 2016 he stated that "we are referring to [[Pontus (region)|Pontus]], [[Cyprus]], but for the first time [[Northern Epirus]] was heard in the Greek parliament when they saw me".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Κατσουνάκη |first1=Μαρία |title=Πύρρος Δήμας: To 2012 με προσέγγισαν από τον ΣΥΡΙΖΑ μέσω τρίτου |url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/life/people/878429/pyrros-dimas-to-2012-me-proseggisan-apo-ton-syriza-meso-tritoy/ |website=www.kathimerini.gr |date=9 October 2016 |quote=Αναφερόμαστε στον Πόντο, στην Κύπρο, για πρώτη φορά ακούστηκε η Β. Ηπειρος στην ελληνική βουλή όταν με είδαν}}</ref> At December 2018 Dimas protested against the confiscation of properties that belong to the ethnic Greek community of Himara and called the Albanian government to avoid discrimination of this kind.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Group) |first1=Radiotileoptiki S. A. (OPEN Digital |title=Επίθεση Πύρρου Δήμα σε Αλβανία για απαλλοτριώσεις στη Χειμάρρα |url=https://www.ethnos.gr/greece/article/10105/epitheshpyrroydhmasealbaniagiaapallotrioseissthxeimarra |website=ΕΘΝΟΣ |access-date=2 October 2022 |language=el |date=1 January 1980 |quote=Ενώνω τη φωνή μου με εκείνες των απανταχού Βορειοηπειρωτών, και καλούμε την Κυβέρνηση της Αλβανίας να ανακαλέσει, έστω την ύστατη στιγμή, την εν λόγω υπουργική απόφαση και να αποσύρει το σχετικό Νομοσχέδιο, που στην ουσία απαλλοτριώνουν περιουσίες που αποδεδειγμένα, βάσει χαρτών, ανήκουν σε Βορειοηπειρώτες.}}</ref>

On May 15, 2023, Dimas protested against the arrest and imprisonment by the Albanian authorities of the representative of the Greek minority, [[Fredis Beleris]], on charges of vote buying. The latter was elected mayor of Himara.<ref>{{cite news |title=Greece protests arrest of mayoral candidate in Albania accused of buying votes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/13/greece-albania-arrest-elections-himare-minority/15e6d76a-f1c7-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html |access-date=15 May 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |quote=The detention of a mayoral candidate belonging to the Greek minority in Albania has raised tensions between the two neighboring countries.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Πύρρος Δήμας για νίκη Μπελέρη: "Το φως της αλήθειας νίκησε το σκοτάδι της τρομοκρατίας" |url=https://www.cnn.gr/politiki/story/362880/pyrros-dimas-gia-niki-beleri-to-fos-tis-alitheias-nikise-to-skotadi-tis-tromokratias |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=CNN.gr |date=15 May 2023 |language=el}}</ref>

He was candidate for [[European Parliament]] in the 2024 elections with [[New Democracy]] but failed to get elected.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ευρωεκλογές 2024: Οι σταυροί, οι επανεκλογές και οι εκπλήξεις |url=https://www.antenna.gr/Politics/article/4/915835/eyroekloges-2024-oi-stayroi-oi-epanekloges-kai-oi-ekplixeis |website=antenna |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Dimas was married to Anastasia Sdougkou, a former [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation]] sports reporter. Together they had four children. His wife died of brain cancer on 14 June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giannakidis |first=Kostas |date=2018-06-14 |title=To συγκινητικό μήνυμα και οι όμορφες λεπτομέρειες για την Αναστασία Σδούγκου, από τον δημοσιογράφο Κώστα Γιαννακίδη |url=https://www.tlife.gr/eidhseis-nea/sygkinitiko-minyma-kai-oi-omorfes-leptomereies-gia-tin-anastasia-sdougkou-apo-ton-dimosiografo-kosta-giannakidi/780086/ |website=TLIFE |language=el}}</ref>

== Career bests ==
*[[Snatch (weightlifting)|Snatch]]: 180.5&nbsp;kg 1999 in [[Athens]] in the class to 85&nbsp;kg.
*[[Clean and jerk]]: 215.0&nbsp;kg [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in the class to 85&nbsp;kg.
*Total: 392.5&nbsp;kg [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in the class to 83&nbsp;kg.<ref name="srwl">{{cite web|url=https://strengthrecord.com/weightlifting-world-records/ |title=STRENGTH RECORD, Weightlifting World Records |website=www.strengthrecord.com |access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/daten.php?spid=1E5D6E794B9F49CDB9FFE8446034DA06 |title=Dimas Pyrros (GRE) |publisher=Database Weightlifting |access-date=27 July 2009}}</ref>

==Major results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year
! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue
! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight
! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg)
! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg)
! rowspan=2 width=60 |  Total
! rowspan=2 width=40 |  Rank
|-
! width=60 | 1
! width=60 | 2
! width=60 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
! width=60 | 1
! width=60 | 2
! width=60 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
|-
! colspan=13|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] || align=left| {{flag icon|ESP}} [[Barcelona]], Spain || [[Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg|82.5&nbsp;kg]] ||162.5||<s>167.5</s>||'''167.5''' ||1||'''202.5''' ||<s>207.5</s>||<s>207.5</s>||4||'''370.0''' ||{{gold1}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] || align=left| {{flag icon|USA}} [[Atlanta]], United States || [[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 83 kg|83 kg]] ||172.5||175.0||'''180.0 [[List of world records in Olympic weightlifting|WR]]'''||1||202.5||207.5||'''213.0 [[List of world records in Olympic weightlifting|WR]]'''||2||'''392.5 [[List of world records in Olympic weightlifting|WR]]'''||{{gold1}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] || align=left| {{flag icon|AUS}} Sydney, Australia || [[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] ||<s>175.0</s>||<s>175.0</s>||'''175.0''' ||4||210.0||'''215.0''' ||<s>218.5</s>||1||'''390.0''' ||{{gold1}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] ||170.0||<s>175</s>||'''175.0''' ||3||'''202.5''' ||<s>205.0</s>||<s>207.5</s>||4||'''377.5''' ||{{bronze3}}
|-
! colspan=13|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]
|-
|[[1993 World Weightlifting Championships|1993]] || align=left| {{flag icon|AUS}} [[Melbourne]] || [[1993 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 83 kg|83 kg]] ||170.0||'''175.0''' ||<s>177.5</s>||{{gold1}}||<s>202.5</s>||'''202.5''' ||<s>205.0</s>||4||'''377.5''' ||{{gold1}}
|-
|[[1994 World Weightlifting Championships|1994]] || align=left| {{flag icon|TUR}} [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]] || [[1994 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 83 kg|83 kg]] ||167.5||'''172.5''' ||<s>178.5</s>||{{bronze3}}||<s>200.0</s>||<s>200.0</s>||<s>200.0</s>||--||--||--
|-
|[[1995 World Weightlifting Championships|1995]] || align=left| {{flag icon|CHN}} [[Guangzhou]], China || [[1995 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 83 kg|83 kg]] ||170.0||'''172.5''' ||<s>175.0</s>||{{silver2}}||<s>207.5</s>||<s>212.5</s>||'''212.5''' ||{{gold1}}||'''385.0''' ||{{gold1}}
|-
|[[1998 World Weightlifting Championships|1998]] || align=left| {{flag icon|FIN}} [[Lahti]], [[Finland]] || [[1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] ||172.5||<s>178.0</s>||'''178.0 [[World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)|WR]]'''||{{silver2}}||<s>207.5</s>||'''210.0''' ||<s>212.5</s>||{{silver2}}||'''387.5''' ||{{gold1}}
|-
|[[1999 World Weightlifting Championships|1999]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]] || [[1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] ||175.0||'''180.5 [[World record progression men's weightlifting (1998–2018)|WR]]'''||<s>182.5</s>||{{gold1}}||'''207.5''' ||<s>212.5</s>||<s>212.5</s>||{{bronze3}}||'''387.5''' ||{{silver2}}
|-
! colspan=13|[[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]
|-
|[[1992 European Weightlifting Championships|1992]] || align=left| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Szekszárd]], [[Hungary]] || 82.5&nbsp;kg ||'''165.0''' ||||||{{bronze3}}||'''202.5''' ||||||{{bronze3}}||'''367.5''' ||{{bronze3}}
|-
|[[1993 European Weightlifting Championships|1993]] || align=left| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] || 83&nbsp;kg ||'''170.0''' ||||||{{silver2}}||'''200.0''' ||||||5||'''370.0''' ||{{bronze3}}
|-
|[[1995 European Weightlifting Championships|1995]] || align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]] || 83&nbsp;kg ||'''177.5''' ||||||{{gold1}}||'''210.0''' ||||||{{gold1}}||'''387.5''' ||{{gold1}}
|-
|[[1998 European Weightlifting Championships|1998]] || align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Riesa]], Germany || 85&nbsp;kg ||<s>167.5</s>||167.5||'''172.5''' ||{{silver2}}||200.0||'''205.0''' ||<s>210.0</s>||{{bronze3}}||'''377.5''' ||{{silver2}}
|-
|[[2000 European Weightlifting Championships|2000]] || align=left| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] || 85&nbsp;kg ||167.5||<s>170.0</s>||'''170.0''' ||4||'''200.0''' ||<s>205.0</s>||<s>205.0</s>||7||'''370.0''' ||'''4'''
|-
|[[2004 European Weightlifting Championships|2004]] || align=left| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]] || 85&nbsp;kg ||165.0||<s>170.0</s>||'''170.0''' ||6||<s>200.0</s>||200.0||'''205.0''' ||5||'''375.0''' ||'''5'''
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Facebook|pyrros.dimas.12}}
* [http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_galleryResult.asp?a_id=55 Pyrros Dimas] at Lift Up
* {{IWRP|7577}}
* {{IWF|id=513|athlete=dimas-pyrros-1971-10-13}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20210111232745}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{HOC profile|dimas-pyrros}}

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| before = [[Labros Papakostas]]
| title = [[List of flag bearers for Greece at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for {{GRE}}
| years = [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]]
| after = [[Nikolaos Kaklamanakis]]
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| before = [[Nikolaos Kaklamanakis]]
| title = [[List of flag bearers for Greece at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for {{GRE}}
| years = [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]]
| after = [[Ilias Iliadis (judoka)|Ilias Iliadis]]
}}
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