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Panagiotis Papoulias

Panagiotis Papoulias
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Personal information
Nationality Greek
Born (1969-12-09) December 9, 1969 (age 47)
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)
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. 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.

Papoulias was a six-time national champion at the Greek Athletics Championships, winning two 1500 metres titles and four over 5000 metres. 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. 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.

He was a double bronze medallist in the 3000 metres and 5000 m at the 1997 European Cup. 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.


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