Konstadinos "Kostas" Baniotis (; born 6 November 1986 in

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) is a retired

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er.

Biography

He finished sixth at the 2009 European Indoor Championships, sixth at the

2009 European Team Championships The first European Athletics Team Championships took place on 20 and 21 June 2009. The track and field athletics tournament run by European Athletics was the successor of the old European Cup (athletics), European Cup competition which was held a ...

(Super League), seventh at the 2009 World Athletics Final, eighth at the 2010 European Championships, while he took the 4th place in the 2011 European Indoor Championships, with a new personal record of 2.32 m. He also won the silver medal at the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games () and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the International Committee of Mediterran ...

in Pescara. He competed at the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

, the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final. His uncle is the former football player Charis Baniotis.

Competition record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baniotis, Konstadinos 1986 births Living people Greek male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics 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 Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Sportspeople from Komotini Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade 21st-century Greek sportsmen