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Panagiotis Kontaxakis ( el, Παναγιώτης Κονταξάκης; born 16 August 1964 in
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) is a Greek qigong and tai chi master and a retired
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er.


High jumper career

He finished eighth at the 1989 European Indoor Championships.1989 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump final
/ref> His personal best jump was 2.28 metres, achieved in July 1988 in
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and was repeated in May 1989 in
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. Thus he held the Greek national record, until 1992 when it was equaled by Kosmas Michalopoulos and bettered by
Labros Papakostas Labros Papakostas ( el, Λάμπρος Παπακώστας, born 20 October 1969 in Karditsa) is a retired Greece, Greek high jumper who won two silver medals at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics, World Indoor Championships ...
.


External links


Home page
(in Greek)
IAAF athlete profile


from Grand Master
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YMAA Qigong Instructor


References

1964 births Living people Greek male high jumpers Qigong practitioners Tai chi practitioners {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub