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Alexandros Yenovelis
Alexandros Yenovelis (born 26 February 1968) is a retired Greece, Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. He competed in relay at the Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 1996 Olympic Games and the World Championships in 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 100 metres relay, 1993, 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 100 metres relay, 1995 and 1997 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 100 metres relay, 1997, and in the individual distance at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 1993 and 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 1995 World Indoor Championships, without reaching the final. His personal best time was 10.15 seconds, achieved in May 1996 in Rethimno. This ranks him fourth among Greek 100 metres sprinters, behind Angelos Pavlakakis, Aristotelis Gavelas and Christoforos Choidis. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th century, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
