Konstantinos Kenteris

Konstantinos Kenteris

Personal information
Full name	Konstantinos Kenteris
Nationality	Greece
Born	(1973-07-11) July 11, 1973 (age 43) Mytilene, Greece
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay, 4 x 400 metres relay
College team	Arion Mytilene
Club	Olympiakos CFP
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.15 200 m: 19.85 CR, EL, NR, SB 400 m: 45.60
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing  Greece Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 200 m World Championships 2001 Edmonton 200 m European Championships 2002 Munich 200 m European Cup 2001 Bremen 200 m 2003 Florence 200 m 2000 Gateshead 4 x 100 m relay 2001 Bremen 100 m 2003 Florence 4 x 400 m relay 1999 Paris 400 m 2000 Gateshead 200 m Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria 2001 Athens 200 m 2003 Athens 200 m 2004 Athens 200 m Mediterranean Games 1993 Narbonne 400 m Greek Athletics Championships Representing Arion Mytilene 1991 Athens 400 m 1992 Athens 400 m 1993 Athens 400 m Representing Olympiacos CFP 1997 Athens 4 x 100 m relay 1998 Athens 400 m 1998 Athens 4 x 400 m relay 1999 Athens 200 m 1999 Athens 400 m 2000 Athens 4 x 100 m relay 2001 Athens 100 m 2002 Trikala 200 m 2002 Trikala 4 x 400 m relay 2004 Athens 100 m 2004 Athens 4 x 100 m relay Greek Indoor Athletics Championships Representing Arion Mytilene 1993 Piraeus 200 m 1993 Piraeus 400 m 1994 Piraeus 200 m 1994 Piraeus 400 m 1996 Piraeus 400 m

Konstantinos "Kostas" Kenteris, also spelled as Konstadinos "Costas" Kederis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Κεντέρης pronounced [konsta'dinos ce'deris]; born July 11, 1973) is a former Greek athlete. He won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and the 2002 European Championships in Athletics, making him the only European sprinter (along with Linford Christie) to win the gold medal in all three major competitions and the only European World Champion in the 200 metres races. Additionally, he has won two gold, three silver and two bronze medals in the European Cup, as well as three gold medals in the 200 metres at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria. He is also a 14-time golden medalist at the Greek Athletics Championships and a five-time golden medalist at the Greek Indoor Athletics Championships. He withdrew from the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in his home country, after a doping violation (failed to attend drug test). Kenteris is also listed in the all-time fastest 25 athletes in 200 metres.

Born in Mytilene, Kenteris, a student of physical education, started practising athletics at age 10, and started running seriously about ten years later, when he moved to Thessaloniki.

Kenteris specialised in the 200 m and 400 m races. His first national titles were the three consecutive 400 m gold medals at the Greek Athletics Championships (1991 (46.90), 1992 (46.85), 1993 (46.27)) in Athens and the 200 m (21.57) and 400 m (47.76) gold medals at the 1993 Greek Indoor Athletics Championships in Piraeus, representing the team of his home town, Arion Mytilene. He also competed at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Seoul, where he finished 6th in 200 m (21.10). His first major international title was the 400 m gold medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in Narbonne, with a time of 45.70. In 1994 he won again the 200 m (20.93) and 400 m (46.73) gold medals at the 1994 Greek Indoor Athletics Championships in Piraeus. He repeated his success in the 400 m races by winning the gold medal at the 1996 Greek Indoor Athletics Championships, with a time of 47.11. In 1997 he moved to Athens and to Olympiacos CFP, with whom he won the 4 x 100 m relay gold (40.86) at the 1997 Greek Athletics Championships in Athens. He repeated his success the following year, when he won the 400 m (45.87) and 4 x 400 m relay (3:11.95) gold medals at the 1998 Greek Athletics Championships in Athens.

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