Panagiotis Papoulias ( el, Παναγιώτης Παπούλιας; born 9 December 1969) is a
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
former
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
long-distance running
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength.
Within endurance running comes two d ...
events. His greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the
World Championships in Athletics
The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...
1998 European Athletics Championships
The 17th European Athletics Championships were held from 18 August to 23 August 1998 in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary.
Men's results
Track
1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 ,
Field
1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 ,
Women's resul ...
.Panayiótis Papoulias IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
Papoulias was a six-time national champion at the
Greek Athletics Championships
The Greek Athletics Championships ( el, Πανελλήνιο πρωτάθλημα στίβου) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association, which serves as the national championship for ...
, winning two
1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
titles and four over
5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...
. He is the Greek national record holder in the 3000 m and 5000 m events with personal bests of 7:44.26 minutes and 13:28.59 minutes, respectively, as well as the Greek record holder for the 10000 m in the M35 category. He also holds the national indoor records for the 1500 m (3:39.63) and 3000 m (7:43.66). He was a member of
GS Ilioupolis
GS Ilioupolis ( el, Γ.Σ. Ηλιούπολης) is a multi-sport club based in Ilioupoli, Athens, Greece.
The club was founded in 1953, and it has about 2,000 athletes competing in nine sports.
Colours and crest
GS Ilioupoli's colours are red ...
,
Olympiacos
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...
and
AEK
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...
during his career.
He was a double bronze medallist in the
3000 metres
The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...
Greece at the European Athletics Indoor Championships
Greece ( GRE) has competed at the European Indoor Athletics Championships since the 1970 edition in Vienna, Austria. As of 2017, Greek athletes have won a total of 36 medals. Most of them (11) were won in the event of 60 metres
60 metres, or ...
and as of 2016, remains the only such Greek athlete.
Since September 2016 he is serving as a managing director for
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...
youth academies, the team he is a fan of since childhood, as he stated.
Personal bests
;Outdoor
*1500 m – 3:37.38 min (1997)
*3000 m – 7:44.26 min (1996)
*5000 m – 13:28.59 min (1995)
*10,000 m – 29:18.85 min (2003)
*3000 m s'chase – 8:28.62 min (1999)
;Indoor
*1500 m – 3:39.63 min (1998)
*3000 m – 7:43.66 min (1998)
* All info from IAAF and All AthleticsPanayotis PAPOULIAS All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
National titles
*
Greek Athletics Championships
The Greek Athletics Championships ( el, Πανελλήνιο πρωτάθλημα στίβου) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association, which serves as the national championship for ...