Athanasios Mantzouranis ( gr, Αθανάσιος Μαντζουράνης; born 11 April 1982) is a retired Greek amateur track cyclist. He has won multiple titles in track time trial (kilo), sprint (individual and team), and
Keirin
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at the Greek Championships since 1999, and later represented his nation
Greece
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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.
Mantzouranis qualified for the Greek squad in two track cycling events at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
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by receiving a berth for his team based on the nation's selection process from the UCI Track World Rankings. Teaming with
Vasileios Reppas and
Panagiotis Voukelatos in the
men's sprint race, held on the first day of track cycling, Mantzouranis recorded a time of 45.645 and a speed of 59.152 km/h to deliver the Greek trio a tenth-place finish in the prelims. The following day, in
men's keirin, Mantzouranis missed a chance to advance further to the later rounds, after finishing fifth in the opening prelims, third in the repechage, and seventeenth overall from the final standings.
Career highlights
;1998
* Greek Championships (500 m time trial),
Novices
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Religion Buddhism
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(GRE)
* Greek Championships (Sprint),
Novices
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Religion Buddhism
...
(GRE)
* Greek Championships (Pursuit),
Novices
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Religion Buddhism
...
(GRE)
;1999
* Athens Open Balkan Championships (Team sprint),
Sofia
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(BUL)
* Greek Junior Championships (Sprint), Greece
* Greek Junior Championships (Team sprint), Greece
* Athens Open Balkan Championships (Sprint),
Sofia
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(BUL)
;2000
* Greek Junior Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
* Greek Junior Championships (Sprint), Greece
* Greek Junior Championships (Team sprint), Greece
;2001
* Greek Championships (Sprint), Greece
* Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece
* Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
;2002
* Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
;2004
* Athens Open Balkan Championships (1 km time trial),
Athens
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(GRE)
* Greek Championships (Keirin),
Athens
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(GRE)
* Greek Championships (1 km time trial),
Athens
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(GRE)
* Athens Open Balkan Championships (Team sprint),
Athens
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(GRE)
;2005
* Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
* Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece
* Greek Road Championships (TTTl),
Thiva
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(GRE)
;2006
* Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
* Greek Championships (Keirin), Greece
* Greek Championships (Sprint), Greece
;2007
* Athens Open Balkan Championships (Sprint),
Athens
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(GRE)
* Athens Open Balkan Championships (Team sprint with
Christos Volikakis
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* He is the first Greek who win a gold me ...
and Panagiotis Voukelatos),
Athens
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(GRE)
* Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
* Athens Open Balkan Championships (Keirin),
Athens
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(GRE)
* Greek Championships (Team pursuit), Greece
* Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece
;2008
* 10th
Olympic Games
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Team sprint
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The current men's ...
with
Vasileios Reppas and
Panagiotis Voukelatos),
Beijing
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(CHN)
* 17th
Olympic Games
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(
Keirin
– literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gamblin ...
),
Beijing
}
Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
(CHN)
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile*
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1982 births
Living people
Greek male cyclists
Greek track cyclists
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Greece
Sportspeople from Thessaloniki