Christos Volikakis ( gr, Χρήστος Βολικάκης; born 25 March 1988, in
Volos
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) is a
Greek
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track cyclist
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History
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. He was the leader of the
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
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2011–2012 in
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 gambling ...
.
* He is the first Greek who win a gold medal at a World Championship. He has won 4 medals at World Championships, 9 medals at European Championships and several medals at World Cups. He won 2 gold medals at the European Olympic Games in Minsk 2019, as well as a flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the Games. Bronze Medal at the World Cup 2019 in St. Petersburg. He has been crowned World Cup winner in the years 2019–2020, 2018–2019, 2011–2012 while in 2014–2015 & 2016–2017 he was in second place. He has been present 4 times at the Olympic Games in (Beijing in 2008 13th place) in (London in 2012 9th place lost a medal by accident) in (Rio in 2016 12th place) and in Tokyo in 2021.
* He has won over 90 gold medals in Panhellenic Championships, holds 11 national records and is in 1st place in the World rankings in the scratch event, in 1st place in the omnium event and in 3rd place in the points race
** He was the second-best Greek athlete for 2019 in the Public voting behind
Giannis Antetokounmpo & in front of Stefanos Tsitsipas. In addition, he was 4th in the Panhellenic voting of the PSAT (Hellenic Sports Press Association).
** He has also been awarded as an up-and-coming talent by the PSAT (Hellenic Sports Press Association).
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Biography
Christos Volikakis is a Greek
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
, the most successful of the 2000s, particularly in the speed disciplines. In 2005, as a junior, he became Greek champion in three track discipline (speed, team sprint and team pursuit) and won a title on the road (team time trial).
In 2005, he became the World Champion in
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 gambling ...
at the
UCI Juniors Track World Championships
The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...
in Vienna. He also won two medals at the Junior European Championships 2006 and 2007. In 2007, he won two championship events at the Athens Open, in keirin and team sprint.
At the
2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester, United Kingdom from 26 to 30 March 2008. Eighteen events were scheduled; the women's team pur ...
in Manchester, he finished third in the keirin and took the bronze medal.
Between 2006 and 2011, he won eleven national titles.
He won the 2nd place in Keirin at the UCI Track World Cup 2007–2008 in Los Angeles, USA.
In 2008 he represented Greece at the
Beijing Olympics in the men's keirin.
He won the gold medal in keirin at the UCI Track World Cup 2011–2012 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
He has also won the silver medal in keirin at the European Elite Track Championship 2011 that was held in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
In 2012, he again competed in the Olympics, in the
men's keirin.
He competed in the same event at the
2016 Olympics
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, athletes = 11,238
, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 2016
, closing = 21 August 2016
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Career highlights
Greek Championship
#2003
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2nd in National Championship, Road, ITT, Novices, Greece, Volos (GRE)
#2003
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2nd in National Championship, Road, Novices, Greece, Volos (GRE)
#2004
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1st in National Championship, Track, 500 m, Novices, Greece, Athens (GRE)
#2004
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3rd in National Championship, Road, ITT, Novices, Greece, Dervenochoria (GRE)
#2004
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1st in National Championship, Road, Novices, Greece, Dervenochoria (GRE)
#2005
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1st n National Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, Greece, Athens (GRE)
#2005
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2nd in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Juniors, Greece (GRE)
#2005
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1st in National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Greece (GRE) + Vasileios Galanis, Alexandros Floros, Athanassios Evdokiou,
#2005
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1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Greece (GRE) + Vasileios Galanis, Alexandros Floros,
#2005
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1st in National Championship, Road, TTT, Juniors, Greece, Thiva (GRE) + Athanassios Evdokiou, Vasileios Galanis, Alexandros Floros,
#2006
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1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Greece (GRE) + Zafeiris Volikakis, Nikolaos Dimotakis,
#2006
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1st in Nation Championship, Track, 1 km, Juniors, Greece (GRE)
#2006
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2nd in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, Greece (GRE)
#2006 5th in OXI Memorial Climb Race, Juniors, Bafi,
Parnitha (GRE)
#2007
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2nd in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Elite, Greece (GRE)
#2007
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2nd in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, Greece (GRE)
#2007
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1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, Greece (GRE) + Zafeiris Volikakis, Vasileios Galanis,
#2007
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1st in National Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, Greece (GRE)
#2009
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1st in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Elite, Greece, Athens (GRE)
#2009
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1st in National Champioip, Track, Keirin, Elite, Greece, Athens (GRE)
#2011
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1st in National Championsh Track, Keirin, Elite, Greece (GRE)
#2011
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1st in National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Elite, Greece (GRE) + Apostolos Bouglas, Alexandros Papaderos, Stavros Papadimitrakis,
#2011
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1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, Greece (GRE) + Georgios Bouglas, Zafeiris Volikakis,
#2011
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1st in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, Greece (GRE)
#2011
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
1st in National Championship, Track, 1, Elite, Greece (GRE)
Balkan Open
#2007
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1st in Athens Open Balkan Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite/U23, Greece, Athens (GRE) + Athanasios Mantzouranis, Panagiotis Voukelatos,
#2007
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2nd in Athens Open Balkan Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite/U23, Greece, Athens (GRE)
#2007
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1st in Athens Open Balkan Championship, TracKeirin, Elite/U23, Greece, Athens (GRE)
European Juniors/U23 Championship
#2005
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2nd in European Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Fiorenzuola
#2006
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2nd in European Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Athens
#2006 6th in European Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Athens
#2006 9th in European Championship, Track, Scratch Race, Juniors, Athens
#2007 4th in European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Cottbuss
#2008 4th in European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Pruszków
#2009
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3rd in European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Minsk
World Grand Prix
#2011
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3rd in Dudenhofen, Keirin (GER)
#2011
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1st in Moscow, Keirin (RUS)
#2011
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1st in Mos, Sprint (RUS)
European Elite Championship
#2011
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2nd in European Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, Apeldoorn
UCI World Cup Classics
#2008
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2nd in Los Angeles, Keirin (USA)
#2008 5th in Sydney, Keirin (AUS)
#2010 4th in Melbourne, Keirin (AUS)
#2010 8th in Cali, Keirin (COL)
#2011
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1st in Astana, Keirin (KAZ)
UCI World Championships
#2005
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1st
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in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Wien
#2006
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3rd in World Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Gent
#2006 6th in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Gent
#2008
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3rd in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite
#2009 8th in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, Pruszków
#2010 13th in World Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, København
#2010 13th in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, København
#2010 36th in World Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, København
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1988 births
Living people
Greek male cyclists
Greek track cyclists
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Greece
Panathinaikos cyclists
Sportspeople from Volos
Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
European Games medalists in cycling
European Games gold medalists for Greece