Alexandros Papamichail (born 18 September 1988 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

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. He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 15th with a time of 1:21:12, a Greek national record. At the 2012 Olympic Games, he was also 22nd in the 50 km walk event setting one more national record. The following year, he took the 16th place (20 km) at the

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in Moscow, while at the 2014 European Championships in Zurich, he was 13th (50 km). He competed in both race walking distances at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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* * * 1988 births Living people Athletes from Karditsa Greek male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Greek people 21st-century Greek people {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub