Alexandros Poursanidis

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Alexandros Poursanidis
Personal information
Born (1993-01-23) 23 January 1993 (age 31)
Sport
CountryCypriot
SportAthletics
EventHammer throw
Medal record
Hammer throw
Representing  Cyprus
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Men's hammer throw

Alexandros Poursanidis (born 23 January 1993) is a Cypriot hammer thrower.

In age-specific categories he won the silver medal at the 2010 Youth Olympics and finished fourth at the 2012 World Junior Championships,[1] eighth at the 2013 European U23 Championships and twelfth at the 2015 European U23 Championships.

He finished tenth at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, no-marked in the final at the 2017 Universiade, finished fifteenth at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, but won a bronze medal four years later at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Won the European team cup league B in 2019 in Croatia with a mark of 71.06.

His personal best throw is 74.05 meters, achieved in 2021.

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