Sotirios Bretas
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| Sotirios Bretas (2017) | |
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| Date of birth | March 12, 1990 |
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 Greece
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| discipline | Train (short term) |
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| Last updated: February 2, 2020 | |
Sotirios Bretas ( Greek Σωτήρης Μπρέτας , born March 12, 1990 in Volos ) is a Greek cyclist who is active in the short-term disciplines on the track . He also starts as a pilot in paracycling .
Athletic career
Sotirios Bretas has been a track cyclist since 2006. Since then he has won at least 18 national titles (as of 2019). At the UCI Junior World Championships in 2009 , he won silver in the Keirin . From 2012, Bretas was overshadowed by Christos Volikakis at national level , until he decided in 2016 to start in the endurance disciplines on the track. Then Bretas won other Greek championship titles.
At the UCI Paracycling World Championships 2020 , Bretas led his visually impaired compatriot Christos Volikakis as a pilot on the tandem . Together with the Greek team, he won bronze in the mixed team sprint.
successes
elite
- 2006
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Greek youth champion - sprint, 500 meter time trial
- 2007
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Greek Junior Champion - Scratch, Team Sprint (with Zafeiris Volikakis and Dimitris Voukelatos )
- 2008
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Junior World Championship - Keirin -
Greek Junior Champion - Sprint, Keirin, Team Sprint (with Stefanos Kougkoulos and Vasileios Sventzouris )
- 2012
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Greek champion - sprint, team sprint (with Ilias Kourtelis and Athanassios Panagiotis Papavasileiou )
- 2016
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Greek champion - sprint, keirin, 1000 meter time trial
- 2018
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Greek champion - sprint, keirin, 1000 meter time trial
- 2019
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Greek champion - sprint, keirin, team sprint (with Zafeiris Volikakis and Ioannis Kalogeropoulos )
Paracycling
- 2020
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World Championship - Mixed Team Sprint (with Elena Kalatzi , Argiro Milaki and Christos Sandalakis )
Web links
- Sotirios Bretas in the Radsportseiten.net database
- cycle365.gr (Greek)
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| SURNAME | Bretas, Sotirios |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Μπρέτας, Σωτήρης (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1990 |