Panagiotis Papoulias

Panagiotis Papoulias
Personal information
NationalityGreek
Born (1969-12-09) December 9, 1969 (age 54)
Athens
EducationSchool of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Athens
OccupationAthletics coach
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Greece
SportMiddle-distance running, Long-distance running
Event(s)1500 metres, 3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10000 metres
Now coachingPanathinaikos Athletics
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
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
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Stockholm 3000 m
European Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Munich 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 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.[1] 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.[2]

Papoulias was a six-time national champion at the Greek Athletics Championships, winning two 1500 metres titles and four over 5000 metres.[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6]

He was a double bronze medallist in the 3000 metres and 5000 m at the 1997 European Cup.[7] 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.[1]

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.[8]