Berlin 2009 World Championships

Well Done Periklis and Savva

Two Greek athletes saved the pride of the Greek team in Berlin! The well known Periklis Iakovakis was 5th in 400m. hurdles and Savva Lika was 8th in Javelin!

Periklís Iakovákis had many injury problems this year but even thougu he managed to be the first European athlete in the final and prooved that he is the top European athlete in 400m. hurdles! He was 5th with 48.42(SB) after Kerron Clement, Javier Culson, Bershawn Jackson, and Jehue Gordon.

In javelin, the 39 year old(!!) Sávva Líka was 8th with 60.29m.! Very good place and mark for one of the most respectfull Greek athletes! Gold medal for Steffi Nerius from Germany!

We pray for a medal...

Berlin 2009 World Championships

Well Done Perikli!

Good luck in 400m hurdles final!

More About the Greek athlete Periklis Iakovakis here , here and here

And because Periklis is known worldwide: visit here, here, here and here!
Also, vote for him here

Greek Track and Field Championship 2009

Greek Athletics Championship 2009

Thessaloniki - August 1-2 2009 - Kaftanzoglio Stadium

This year Thessaloniki had the honor to organize the Greek Track and Field championship with many young (and some older) Greek athletes.

The truth is that After 2004 Olympics, Greeks' records are in recession but thank God the new generation makes as hope that Greek Athletics has future again.

In Javelin Throw Spyridon Lempesis (395) was first with 80.95m. He was born in 1987 and he is the new talent in Greek Javelin throw.

In Javelin Throw again Ioannis Smalios (on the lefl) was 2nd with 76.80m. while Konstantinos Vertoudos (on the right) was 3rd with 73.25

In 400m. Dimitrios Gravalos was first with 46.21!

running...

It seems that Gravalos has fans...

In triple Jump Dimitrios Tsiamis (red-born in 1982) was first with 16.89m. while Nikolaos Fraggos (blue-born in 1986) was third with 16.04m

Nikolaos Fraggos again

In 100m. the new "Angel" in the distance is Aggelos Aggelakis (born in 1988 in Larisa) who was first with 10.44

After his win

Being first...

Remember that Thessaloniki will host the World Athletics Final for 2009 in that stadium in September 12-13!

The city is great, people are great and we hope that present Greek Government will be adequate...

Athens Grand Prix "Tsiklitiria" 2009

Athens Grand Prix "Tsiklitiria" 2009 OPAP

Athens Olympic Stadium

Monday 13 2009

Every year "Tsiklitiria" is the Greek meeting of many top track and field athletes.

Louis Tsatoumas (long jump) was 2nd with 8.21m

Felix Sanchez (DOM) and Periklis Iakovakis (GRE) after the 400m. hurdles race

Kyriakos Ioannou (Cyprus) was 4th in High Jump with 2.28

Some photos of the Greek athlete Georgios Iltsios (Javelin Throw)

Also some photos of Dimitrios Gravalos (400m.)

See you soon...

Sexy Greeks

After many(!!!) e-mails we continue our series of "Sexy Greeks" with three team members of Olympiako's 4x400m. relay team.

You can recognize the well known Periklis Iakovakis holding his brother Sotirios Iakovakis (also very talented athlete in 400m. hurdles) and Stylianos Dimotsios (400m. Champion).

Photo from the Greek Athletics Championships in 2007

No need to say that the team won the race...

Sexy Greeks

In this section we intend to post photos of the sexiest Greek athletes (male and female) from several sports.

The reason for that kind of posts is that we believe that modern sports is part of show business and Greeks have the advantage, apart from being great athletes also, to be very handsome!

So we start with Javelin Thrower Ioannis Smalios (you can also find him here)

Photos from the Greek Athletics Championships in 2008

Ioannis (John) was born in 1987 and he is considered one of the new Greek hopes in Javelin!

Profile - Periklis Iakovakis

Updated: 21 August 2008

Name: Periklis
Surname: Iakovakis
Date of Birth: 24 March 1979
Place of Birth: Patras (Greece)
Sport: Athletics (track & field) - 400m.Hurdles, 400m., 4x400m.

Photos from the Greek clubs Athletics Championships in 2007 in "Agios Kosmas"
Click the images to see full size

Major Honors:

• 8th in 400m. hurdles (49.96) in Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 (injured)
• 6th in 400m. hurdles (49.25) in the World Athletics Championships in Osaka 2007
• 1st in 400m. hurdles (48.46) in the European Athletics Championships in Göteborg 2006
• 3nd in 400m. hurdles (48.24) in the World Athletics Championships in Paris 2003
• 7th in 4x400m. (3.02.56) in the World Athletics Championships in Paris 2003
• 5th in 400m. hurdles (49.07) in the European Athletics Championships in Munich 2002
• 1st in 400m. hurdles (50.21) in the Mediterranean Games in Tunis 2001
• 1st in 400m. hurdles (49.82) in the World Junior Athletics Championships in Annecy 1998

Records:

• 400m.: 46.35 (Rethimno 07/07/2002)
• 400m.H.: 47.82 (Osaka 06/05/2006) NR
  
• 4x400m.: 3.02.21 (Munich 24/06/2007) NR
  

Beijing 2008

We should wish GOOD LUCK to Styliani Papadopoulou (Hammer Throw) who competes today in the final

Styliani Papadopoulou placed 11th in the final.

Beijing 2008

Unfortunately our athletes didn't made it today!

Periklis Iakovakis was injured and finished 8th with 49.96 (walking to the finish line after the last hurdle)

Louis Tsatoumas canceled after 3 invalid attempts (too sad because one of his jumps was really big)

The good news is that they will both continue in the track and field at least until London 2012!

Beijing 2008

We should wish Good Luck to Periklis Iakovakis and Louis Tsatoumas who will compete in the finals of 400m. hurdles and Long jump respectively.

GUYS ALL THE BEST

Periklis Iakovakis

Photo from the Greek Athletics Championships in 2008

Louis Tsatoumas at Athens 2004 Olympics podium (prophecy?)

Photo from the Greek Athletics Championships in 2008

Beijing 2008

Congratulations to the Greek athletes who win today their first medals (1 silver and 2 bronze) in Beijing Olympic Games.

Today we had:

Rowing - Lightweight Men's Double Sculls
1. Great Britain [ PURCHASE Zac, HUNTER Mark]
2. Greece [MOUGIOS Dimitrios, POLYMEROS Vasileios]
3. Denmark[RASMUSSEN Mads Reinhold, HANSEN Rasmus Nicholai Quist]

Triple Jump (Women)
1. MBANGO ETONE Francoise Cameroon 15.39
2. LEBEDEVA Tatyana Russian Fed. 15.32
3. DEVETZI Hrysopiyi Greece 15.23

Sailing - Yngling (Women)
1. Great Britain [AYTON Sarah, WEBB Sarah, WILSON Pippa]
2. Netherlands [MULDER Mande, BES Annemieke, WITTEVEEN Merel]
3. Greece [BEKATOROU Sofia, PAPADOPOULOU Sofia, KRAVARIOTI Virginia]

Beijing 2008

Photo from the Greek Athletics Championships in 2008

Chrysopigi Devetzi competes today in the final of triple jump!

She qualified to the final first with 14.92m and now she hopes to do her best.

We wish her GOOD LUCK!!

Athletics Greek team - Beijing Olympics 2008

The Greek team for the Beijing Olympics (Athletics)

MEN

Anastasios Gousis (200m.) (here with Aristotelis Gavelas)
PB: 20.11 (2007) SB: 20.57

Photo from Greek clubs Athletics Championship 2008

Konstantinos Douvalidis (110m. hurdles)
PB: 13.49 (2007) SB: 13.59

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Periklis Iakovakis (400m. hurdles)
PB: 47.82 (2005) SB: 48.80

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Louis Tsatoumas (Long Jump)
PB: 8.66 (2007) SB: 8.44

Photo From the indoor meeting "Athens 2007"

Kostas Baniotis (High Jump)
PB: 2.27 (2008)

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Dimitrios Tsiamis (Triple Jump)
PB: 17.55 (2006) SB: 16.88

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Michalis Stamatogiannis (Shot Put)
PB:19.98 (2004) SB:19.91


Ioannis Smalios (Javelin Throw)
PB: 79.33 (2008)

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Alexandros Papadimitriou (Hammer Throw)

PB: 80.45 (2000) SB: 77.07

Kostas Stefanopoulos (50Km walk)

PB: 4:03.42 SB:

Pantelis Melahrinoudis, Dimitrios Gravalos, Kostas Athanasiou, Georgios Doupis, Stelios Dimotsios (4X400m.)
WOMEN:


Ekaterini Thanou (100m.)

PB: 10.83 (1999) SB: 11.39

Photo from the Indoor Meeting "Athens 2007"

Dimitra Dova (400m.)

PB: 51.89 (2008)

Flora Redoumi (100m. hurdles)
PB: 12.86 (2004) SB: 13.21

Photo from Greek Clubs Athletics Championship 2007

Fani Chalkia (400m. hurdles)
(Here with her coach Georgios Panagiotopoulos - former 200m. Champion -5th in the World Athletics Championships in 1997)
PB:52.77 SB:57.24

Photo from Greek Clubs Athletics Championship 2007

Irene Kokinariou (3000m. steeple)
PB: 9:30.72


Konstantina Efentaki (1500m.)
PB: 4:05.63 SB: 4:07.95


Eleni Donta (Marathon)
PB: 2:40.42 SB: 2:41.10


Antonia Stergiou (High Jump)
PB: 1.97 (2008)

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Afroditi Skafida (Pole Vault)
PB: 4.55 (2008)

Nikoletta Kyriakopoulou (Pole Vault)
PB: 4.45 (2008)


Chrysopigi Devetzi (Triple Jump)
PB: 15.32 (2004) SB: 15.22

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Athanasia Perra (Triple Jump)
PB: 14.39 (2004) SB: 13.95

Irene Terzoglou (Shot Put)
PB: 19.10 (2003) SB: 17.23

Dorothea Kalpakidou (Discus Throw)
PB: 59.78 (2008)

Savva Lika (Javelin Throw)
PB: 63.13 (2007) SB: 61.21

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Styliani Papadopoulou (Hammer Throw)
PB: 72.10 (2008)
and
Alexandra Papageorgiou (Hammer Throw)
PB: 70.38 (2008)

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Argyro Strataki (Heptathlon)
PB: 6.235 (2006) SB: 6.006

Athanasia Tsoumeleka (20Km walk)
PB: 1:30.00 (2008)

Evangelia Xynou (20Km walk)
PB: 1:33.03 (2008)

Despina Zapounidou (20Km walk)
PB: 1:33.23 (2008)