Alexandros Yenovelis

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Alexandros Yenovelis
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Born26 February 1968
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Narbonne 4x100 metres

Alexandros Yenovelis (born 26 February 1968) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

He competed in relay at the 1996 Olympic Games and the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997, and in the individual distance at the 1993 and 1995 World Indoor Championships, without reaching the final.

His personal best time was 10.15 seconds, achieved in May 1996 in Rethimno. This ranks him fourth among Greek 100 metres sprinters, behind Angelos Pavlakakis, Aristotelis Gavelas and Christoforos Choidis. [1]

Honours

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
1993 Mediterranean Games Narbonne, France 2nd4 × 100 m relay 39.26
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 10th (sf)4 × 100 m relay 39.00
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 14th (sf)100m 10.59 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
5th4 × 100 m relay 39.25
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, USA 26th (h)100 m 10.34
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th4 × 100 m relay 39.07

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References

  1. All time best Balkan athletes, men Archived 2014-01-15 at the Wayback Machine - The Athletics Site