Labros Papakostas ( el, Λάμπρος Παπακώστας, born 20 October 1969 in
Karditsa
Karditsa ( el, Καρδίτσα ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of region of Thessaly.
Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BC. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the ...
) is a retired
Greek high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
er who won two silver medals at the
World Indoor Championships in 1995 and 1997.
His personal best, achieved in Athens in 1992, was 2.36 metres, when he took the Greek national record from
Panagiotis Kontaxakis.
He is an eight-time
national champion for Greece in the men's high jump event.
Achievements
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1969 births
Living people
Greek male high jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Greece
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games competitors for Greece
Athletes from Karditsa
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