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Leonidas of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας ὁ Ῥόδιος; born 188 BC) was one of the most famous ancient Olympic runners. [1] For four consecutive Olympiads (164–152 BC), he was champion of three foot races. [2] He was hailed with the title "Triastes" (tripler). [3]
Yiannis Kouros (Greek: Γιάννης Κούρος, pronounced [ʝiˈa.nis ˈku.ros]; born 13 February 1956 in Tripoli, Kingdom of Greece) is a Greek ultramarathon runner based in Greece. Kouros holds or formerly held many world records between 100 miles and 1,000 miles.
Konstantinos Gelaouzos is a Greek long-distance runner. He was born on 21 November 1990 in Amfissa and resides in Athens.His personal best in the Marathon run (2:14:15) places him in the fifth place among all time Greek Marathon runners.
Athens, Greece [19] Shot put: 19.10 m Irini Terzoglou: 14 June 2003 Trikala, Greece Discus throw: 67.72 m Ekaterini Voggoli: 10 June 2004 Athens, Greece Hammer throw: 72.10 m Stiliani Papadopoulou: 20 July 2008 Nikiti, Greece Javelin throw: 67.51 m Mirela Manjani: 30 September 2000 Olympic Games: Sydney, Australia Heptathlon: 6235 pts Argiro ...
The Greek historian Herodotus was the first person to write about an Athenian runner named Pheidippides participating in the First Persian War. His account is as follows: [10] Before they left the city, the Athenian generals sent off a message to Sparta. The messenger was an Athenian named Pheidippides, a professional long-distance runner.
It also often serves as Greece's national marathon championships. The race attracted 43,000 competitors in 2015 of which 16,000 were for the 42.195 kilometre (26.2 mile) course, both numbers being an all-time record for the event. [2] The rest of the runners competed in the concurrent 5 and 10 kilometres road races and the racewalking contest.
The Mall Athens is a shopping mall in Athens, Greece. It was the first of the kind to be constructed in Greece and one of the largest shopping and leisure centres in Southeastern Europe. [1] The Mall Athens is located close to the Athens Olympic Stadium in the suburb of Maroussi and was opened to the public on November 25, 2005. [2]
Monument in Sparta with names of Spartathlon winners The finisher’s medal The reverse side of the medal. Spartathlon is a 246-kilometre (153 mi) ultramarathon race held annually in Greece since 1983, between Athens and Sparti, the modern town on the site of ancient Sparta.