Alexandros Terzian (born Alejandro Terzián on 24 June 1968 in

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) is a retired Argentine-Greek sprinter. Terzián, competing for

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, won the national title of that country in

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in 1989 and in both 100 and

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in 1990. He then moved to Greece, taking his first national titles there in 1993. The same year, Terzián won the 100 m at the 1993 Mediterranean Games, in what would be his career bestGreek all-time list, men
- The Athletics Site time of 10.20 seconds. He also won the silver medal in 200 m at the same Games. He also competed at the World Indoor Championships and the

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without reaching the final. In 1994, Terzián won the silver medal in 60 metres at the

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in a national Greek indoor record of 6.51 seconds, and finished seventh at the outdoor

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with 10.42. His personal best time in 200 metres was 20.61 seconds, achieved in May 1997 in

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. This places him ninth on the Greek all-time performers list of 200 metres.http://www.segas.gr/index.php/el/statistics/indoor/all-time-outdoor-top-twenty-athletes?option=com_joodb&view=catalog&format=html&reset=false&ordering=&orderby=&Itemid=174&task=&gs%5Bdisciplinegr%5D%5B%5D=200+m&gs%5Bcategorygr%5D%5B%5D=%CE%91%CE%9D%CE%94%CE%A1%CE%95%CE%A3&search=&searchfield=&limit=50

Competition record

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* 1968 births Living people Greek male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Greece Athletes from Buenos Aires Greek people of Argentine descent Sportspeople of Argentine descent Argentine emigrants to Greece Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub