With a seven-member mission, Greece will participate in 18th World Indoor Championships, to be held March 18-20 at the Stark Arena in Belgrade. The biggest name of the national team and one of the top of the event is the “gold” Olympian of length, Miltos Tentoglou, in his second participation in the World Indoor.
Irini Vassiliou and Nikos Andrikopoulos make their debut in the event, while Costas Douvalidis is the one with the most participations, since Belgrade is his fifth … stop in the history of the institution.
The CVs of the members of our national team:
Nikos Andrikopoulos (Triple)
Coach: George Pomaski
Association: Amenias Mesogeion
This year / Individual record 16.36m / 16.39m.
Participations in the event: –
Medals 2018: Clay (USA) 17.43 m., Santos (Brazil) 17.41 m., Evora (Portugal) 17.40 m.
Program
Friday 18/3
13.10 Triple Final
Irini Vassiliou (400m)
Coach:
Association: Amenias Mesogeion
This year / Individual record: – / 52.76
Participations in the event: –
Medals 2018: Okolo (USA) 50.55, Wimbledon (USA) 51.47, Doyle (Great Britain) 51.60
Program:
Friday 18/3
12.45 400 m BC
Saturday 19/3
20.50 400 m. Final
Costas Douvalidis (60m hurdles)
Association: General Assembly Eleftherios Venizelos
This year / Individual record: 7.79 /7.60
Participations in the event:
2012 Istanbul, participation in the qualifying round
2014 Sopot 9th 7.62 semifinal
2016 Portland 15th 7.79 semifinal
2018 Birmingham 14th 7.68 semifinal
Medals 2018: Pozzi (Great Britain) 7.46, Eaton (USA) 7.47, Manga (France) 7.54
Program:
Sunday 20/3
11.05 60 m.
18.05 60 m.
20.30 60 m. Final
Emmanuel Karalis (Nearby)
Coach: Panagiotis Symeonidis
Association: OSFP
This year / Individual record: 5.81m / 5.81m.
Participations in the event:
2018 Birmingham 5th 5.80 m.
Medals 2018: Lavilleni (France) 5.90 m., Centrals (USA) 5.85 m., Lisek (Poland) 5.85 m.
Program:
Sunday 20/3
18.17 Short Final
Elisavet Pesiridou (60m hurdles)
Coach: Ioanna Siomou
Association: AO Kallistos
This year / Individual record: 8.21 / 8.04
Participations in the event:
2018 Birmingham participation in the qualifier
Medals 2018 Harrison (USA) 7.70, Manning (USA) 7.79, Visser (Netherlands) 7.84
Program:
Saturday 19/3
10.50 60 m.
19.15 60 m.
22.05 60 m. Final
Rafaela Spanoudaki (60m)
Coach: Costas Vogiatzakis
Association: GS Ilioupolis
This year / Individual record: 7.23 / 7.23
Participations in the event:
2018 Birmingham participation in the qualifier
Medals 2018: Aure (Ivory Coast) 6.97, Talou (Ivory Coast) 7.05 Cambodia (Switzerland) 7.05
Program
Friday 18/3
11.15 60 m. Women pre.
19.10 60 m. Women’s day.
21.55 Final
Miltos Tentoglou (Length)
Coach: George Pomaski
Association: General Assembly of Kifissia
This year / Individual record: 8.25 m / 8.38 m.
Participations in the event:
2018 Birmingham 9th 7.82 m.
Medals 2018: Etsevaria (Cuba) 8.46 m., Manyonga (South Africa) 8.44 m., Dennis (USA) 8.42 m.
Program:
Friday 18/3
20.05 Length Final
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