Panagiotis Papoulias

Greek former track and field athlete (born 1969)
  • 1500 metres: 3:37.38 (1997)
  • 1500 metres ind.: 3:39.63 (1998 Panh. record)
  • 3000 metres: 7:44.26 (1996)
  • 3000 metres ind.: 7:43.66 (1998 Panh. record)
  • 3000 metres steeplechase: 8:28.62 (1999)
  • 5000 metres: 13:28.59 (1995 current Panh. record)
  • 10000 metres: 29:22.49 (2004 current Panh. record, M35 cat.)
Medal record
Representing  Greece
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Indoor Championships 0 0 1
European Cup 0 0 2
Total 0 0 3
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Stockholm 3000 m
European Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Munich 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Munich 5000 m
Updated on 13 March 2017

Panagiotis Papoulias (Greek: Παναγιώτης Παπούλιας; born 9 December 1969) is a Greek former track and field athlete who competing middle- and long-distance running events. His greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1] He was a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (1995 and 1997) and also ran at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and 1998 European Athletics Championships.[2]

Papoulias was a six-time national champion at the Greek Athletics Championships, winning two 1500 metres titles and four over 5000 metres.[3] He is the Greek national record holder in the 3000 m and 5000 m events with personal bests of 7:44.26 minutes and 13:28.59 minutes, respectively, as well as the Greek record holder for the 10000 m in the M35 category.[4][5] He also holds the national indoor records for the 1500 m (3:39.63) and 3000 m (7:43.66). He was a member of GS Ilioupolis, Olympiacos and AEK during his career.[6]

He was a double bronze medallist in the 3000 metres and 5000 m at the 1997 European Cup.[7] He was the first long-distance medallist for Greece at the European Athletics Indoor Championships and as of 2016, remains the only such Greek athlete.[1]

Since September 2016 he is serving as a managing director for Panathinaikos youth academies, the team he is a fan of since childhood, as he stated.[8]

Personal bests

Outdoor
  • 1500 m – 3:37.38 min (1997)
  • 3000 m – 7:44.26 min (1996)
  • 5000 m – 13:28.59 min (1995)
  • 10,000 m – 29:18.85 min (2003)
  • 3000 m s'chase – 8:28.62 min (1999)
Indoor
  • 1500 m – 3:39.63 min (1998)
  • 3000 m – 7:43.66 min (1998)
  • All info from IAAF and All Athletics[2][9]

National titles

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1995 Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 5000 m DNF[10]
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 11th (heats) 5000 m 14:00.93
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 3rd 3000 m 7:50.80
1997 European Cup Munich, Germany 3rd 3000 m 7:45.65
3rd 5000 m 13:40.02
World Championships Athens, Greece 10th (heats) 1500 m 3:40.30
12th (heats) 5000 m 13:58.27
1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 9th 3000 m 8:01.14[11]
World Cross Country Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 52nd Short race 11:41
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 12th (heats) 3000 m s'chase 8:45.01[12]
1999 Balkan Indoor Championships Piraeus, Greece 1st 1500 m 3:44.76[13]
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 3000 m DNF

References

  1. ^ a b European Athletics Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  2. ^ a b Panayiótis Papoulias. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  3. ^ a b Greek Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  4. ^ National Lists of Greece (Men). Apulanta. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  5. ^ RunningNews.gr - Τα Πανελλήνια ρεκόρ ανά ηλικιακή κατηγορία, για Μαραθώνιο-Ημιμαραθώνιο και όλα τα αγωνίσματα του στίβου (in Greek)
  6. ^ Στατιστικά>Ρεκόρ>Πανελλήνια>Κλειστού Στίβου (in Greek). SEGAS. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  7. ^ European Cup (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  8. ^ panathinaikos1908.gr - Στον Παναθηναϊκό Α.Ο. ο Παναγιώτης Παπούλιας! (in Greek)
  9. ^ Panayotis PAPOULIAS. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  10. ^ 1995 Universiade Men´s 5000 m results. Universiade. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  11. ^ 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships Results (p. 559–560). European Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  12. ^ Men 400m European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN) - Sunday 23.08. Todor66. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  13. ^ Balkan Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.

External links

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Panathinaikos Athletics
Coaching
  • Notis Papoulias
Roster
Men's
  • Panayotis Bourikas
  • Aggelos Deligiannis
  • Konstantinos Gavalas
  • Konstantinos Gkelaouzos
  • Petros Hatziou
  • Thanasis Kalakos
  • Spiros Karalis
  • Christos Kosmidis
  • Haralabos Lagos
  • Dimitris Levantinos
  • Vasilis Mirianthopoulos
  • Anestis Papoulias
  • Christos Papoulias
  • Vaggelis Plavoukos
  • Stelios Skordilis
  • Panayotis Trivizas
  • Vasilis Vlahos
Women's
  • Artemis Anastasiou
  • Dimitra Gnafaki
  • Georgia Despollari
  • Anthi-Koraini Kiriakopoulou
  • Anastasia Marinakou
  • Pinelopi Nika
  • Konstantina Romaiou
  • Vasiliki Tachtara
  • Konstantina Giannopoulou
Former
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