Panagiotis Papoulias

Panagiotis Papoulias
Personal information
Nationality Greek
Born (1969-12-09) December 9, 1969
Athens
Education School of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Athens
Occupation Athletics coach
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country  Greece
Sport Middle-distance running, Long-distance running
Event(s) 1500 metres, 3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10000 metres
Now coaching Panathinaikos Athletics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Representing  Greece
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Indoor Championships 0 0 1
European Cup 0 0 2
Total 0 0 3
European Indoor Championships
1996 Stockholm3000 m
European Cup
1997 Munich3000 m
1997 Munich5000 m
Updated on 13 March 2017.

Panagiotis Papoulias (Greek: Παναγιώτης Παπούλιας; born 9 December 1969) is a Greek former track and field athlete who competing middle- and long-distance running events. His greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1] He was a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (1995 and 1997) and also ran at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and 1998 European Athletics Championships.[2]

Papoulias was a six-time national champion at the Greek Athletics Championships, winning two 1500 metres titles and four over 5000 metres.[3] 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.[4][5] 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, Olympiacos CFP and AEK during his career.[6]

He was a double bronze medallist in the 3000 metres and 5000 m at the 1997 European Cup.[7] He was the first long-distance medallist for Greece at the European Athletics Indoor Championships and as of 2016, remains the only such Greek athlete.[1]

Since September 2016 he is serving as a managing director for Panathinaikos youth academies, the team he is a fan of since childhood, as he stated.[8]

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 Athletics[2][9]

National titles

  • Greek Athletics Championships[3]
    • 1500 m: 1995, 1998
    • 5000 m: 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1995 Universiade Fukuoka, Japan — 5000 m DNF[10]
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 11th (heats) 5000 m 14:00.93
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 3rd 3000 m 7:50.80
1997 European Cup Munich, Germany 3rd 3000 m 7:45.65
3rd 5000 m 13:40.02
World Championships Athens, Greece 10th (heats) 1500 m 3:40.30
12th (heats) 5000 m 13:58.27
1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 9th 3000 m 8:01.14[11]
World Cross Country Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 52nd Short race 11:41
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 12th (heats) 3000 m s'chase 8:45.01[12]
1999 Balkan Indoor Championships Piraeus, Greece 1st 1500 m 3:44.76[13]
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium — 3000 m DNF

References

  1. 1 2 European Athletics Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  2. 1 2 Panayiótis Papoulias. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  3. 1 2 Greek Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  4. ↑ National Lists of Greece (Men). Apulanta. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  5. ↑ RunningNews.gr - Τα Πανελλήνια ρεκόρ ανά ηλικιακή κατηγορία, για Μαραθώνιο-Ημιμαραθώνιο και όλα τα αγωνίσματα του στίβου (in Greek)
  6. ↑ Στατιστικά>Ρεκόρ>Πανελλήνια>Κλειστού Στίβου (in Greek). SEGAS. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  7. ↑ European Cup (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  8. ↑ panathinaikos1908.gr - Στον Παναθηναϊκό Α.Ο. ο Παναγιώτης Παπούλιας! (in Greek)
  9. ↑ Panayotis PAPOULIAS. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  10. ↑ 1995 Universiade Men´s 5000 m results. Universiade. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  11. ↑ 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships Results (p. 559–560). European Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  12. ↑ Men 400m European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN) - Sunday 23.08. Todor66. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
  13. ↑ Balkan Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
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