Alexandros Yenovelis (born 26 February 1968) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

. He competed in relay at the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and the World Championships in

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and

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, and in the individual distance at the

and 1995 World Indoor Championships, without reaching the final. His personal best time was 10.15 seconds, achieved in May 1996 in

Rethimno Rethymno ( el, Ρέθυμνο, , also ''Rethimno'', ''Rethymnon'', ''Réthymnon'', and ''Rhíthymnos'') is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 30,000 inhabitants ( ...

. This ranks him fourth among Greek 100 metres sprinters, behind

Angelos Pavlakakis Angelos Pavlakakis ( el, Άγγελος Παυλακάκης; born 7 November 1976 in Xanthi) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships, the gold medals at ...

Aristotelis Gavelas Aristotelis ("Aris") Gavelas ( el, Αριστοτέλης Γκαβέλας, born 10 November 1978) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships and won the gold medal at th ...

and Christoforos Choidis.All time best Balkan athletes, men
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Honours

References

* 1968 births Living people Greek male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Greece Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Greek people Greek Athletics Championships winners {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub