Lambros papakostas
Lambros Papakostas ( Greek Λάμπρος Παπακώστας , born October 20, 1969 in Karditsa ) is a former Greek high jumper .
Career
Papakostas was eight times Greek high jump champion between 1988 and 2000. Internationally, he made his first appearance at the World Junior Athletics Championships in 1986 in Athens, where he finished eighth. Two years later he won the silver medal at the World Junior Athletics Championships in 1988 in Greater Sudbury behind the later European and vice world champion Artur Partyka from Poland.
After several finals, including an eighth place at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1994 , Papakostas succeeded in winning his first international adult medal at the 1995 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Barcelona. With a personal indoor best of 2.35 m, he finished second and only had to admit defeat to the Olympic champion and world record holder Javier Sotomayor from Cuba, who jumped 2.38 m.
At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Papakostas was sixth. In the following year he won another silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Paris behind the US Olympic champion Charles Austin . Outdoors he finished sixth at the World Championships in Athens . After that he remained active for a few years, but could no longer achieve outstanding results internationally. He was arrested at a party at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and tested positive for cocaine . He was sentenced to 30 days probation and imprisoned for five years.
Lambros Papakostas is 1.92 m tall and weighed 75 kg when he was active. He started first for Gymnastikos Syllogos Karditsa and later for Aris Thessaloniki . His personal best in the high jump is 2.36 m, recorded on June 21, 1992 in Athens.
Web links
- Lambros Papakostas in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Lambros Papakostas in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Greek Championships
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: IAAF World Junior Championships
- ↑ Focus.de also involved papakostas in cocaine scandal October 24, 2006
- ↑ Top Greek athletics official suspended for doping-related cover-up espn.go.com January 25, 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Papakostas, Lambros |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Παπακώστας, Λάμπρος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek high jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th October 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karditsa |