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Panagiotis Papoulias

Personal information
Nationality	Greek
Born	(1969-12-09) December 9, 1969 (age 55) 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 bests	1500 metres: 3:37.38 (1997) 1500 metres ind.: 3:39.63 (1998 Panh. record) 3000 metres: 7:44.26 (1996) 3000 metres ind.: 7:43.66 (1998 Panh. record) 3000 metres steeplechase: 8:28.62 (1999) 5000 metres: 13:28.59 (1995 current Panh. record) 10000 metres: 29:22.49 (2004 current Panh. record, M35 cat.)
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 Stockholm 3000 m European Cup 1997 Munich 3000 m 1997 Munich 5000 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. 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 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.

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.

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

National titles

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

International competitions

References

1. ^ European Athletics Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
2. ^ Panayiótis Papoulias. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-01-16.
3. ^ 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.

External links

• Panagiotis Papoulias at World Athletics

• Living people
• 1969 births
• Greek male long-distance runners
• Greek male steeplechase runners
• World Athletics Championships athletes for Greece
• Athletes from Athens
• Greek Athletics Championships winners
• 20th-century Greek sportsmen