Periklis Iakovakis

Periklis Iakovakis

Personal information
Born	(1979-03-24) March 24, 1979 (age 37)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m Hurdles
Medal record World Championships 2003 Paris 400 m hurdles European Championships 2006 Göteborg 400 m hurdles Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis 400 m hurdles 2013 Mersin 4x400 m relay

Periklís Iakovákis (Greek: Περικλής Ιακωβάκης, [periˈklis iakoˈvacis], born 24 March 1979 in Patras) is a retired Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder with a time of 47.82 seconds and fifteen times national champion in the event.

He has competed at four Summer Olympics (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012) and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics. He was the world bronze medalist in 2003 and the European champion in 2006. His first major win came at the 1998 World Junior Championships and he won the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games.

In 1998 Iakovakis won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Annecy, France with 49.82 seconds, and five years later he won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris-Saint-Denis, France. In the final at the Stade de France, he finished in 48.24 seconds after Félix Sánchez and Joey Woody.

Iakovakis achieved his personal best of 47.82 seconds on 6 May 2006 in Osaka during the IAAF World Athletics Tour and won his first major competition 3 months later. He became European Champion in Gothenborg, Sweden finishing at 48.46 seconds in the final.

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