Konstadinos Anastasiou ( gr, Κωνσταντίνος Αναστασίου; born September 1, 1986 in
Marousi
Marousi or Maroussi ( el, Μαρούσι, also Αμαρούσιο ''Amarousio'') is a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Marousi dates back to the era of the History of Athens, ancient Athenian Republic; its ancie ...
,
Athens
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) is a Greek sprinter, who specialized in the
400 metres
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.
Anastasiou competed for the
men's 4 × 400 m relay at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, along with his teammates
Stylianos Dimotsios,
Dimitrios Gravalos, and
Pantelis Melachroinoudis. He ran on the anchor leg of the second heat, with an individual-split time of 46.63 seconds. Anastasiou and his team finished the relay in seventh place for a seasonal best time of 3:04.30, failing to advance into the final.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1986 births
Living people
Greek male sprinters
Olympic athletes of Greece
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes from Athens
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