Kostas Georgakopoulos ( el, Κώστας Γεωργακόπουλος; born 14 July 1963 in

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) is a

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former

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er who competed in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. Georgakopoulos was the champion in the discus at the

1983 Mediterranean Games The IX Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 1983), commonly known as the 1983 Mediterranean Games, were the 9th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 3 to 17 September 1983, ...

and returned to win a silver medal at the 1987 edition. He was the bronze medallist at the

1987 Summer Universiade The 1987 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIV Summer Universiade, took place in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. It involved participants from 111 countries and over 6,000 individual sportspersons and members of teams. Infrastructural cha ...

.WORLD STUDENT GAMES (UNIVERSIADE - MEN)
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1963 births Living people Greek male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Athletes from Athens Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Greece Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade 20th-century Greek people Greek Athletics Championships winners {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub