Nationality Greek Country Greece Weight 62 kg | Occupation Athletics coach Height 1.78 m | |
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Born December 9, 1969 (age 47) ( 1969-12-09 ) Athens Education School of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Athens Sport Middle-distance running, Long-distance running Event(s) 1500 metres, 3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10000 metres | ||
Panagiotis Papoulias (Greek: Παναγιώτης Παπούλιας; born 9 December 1969) is a Greek former track and field athlete who competing middle- and long-distance running events. His greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He was a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (1995 and 1997) and also ran at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and 1998 European Athletics Championships.
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Papoulias was a six-time national champion at the Greek Athletics Championships, winning two 1500 metres titles and four over 5000 metres. He is the Greek national record holder in the 3000 m and 5000 m events with personal bests of 7:44.26 minutes and 13:28.59 minutes, respectively, as well as the Greek record holder for the 10000 m in the M35 category. He also holds the national indoor records for the 1500 m (3:39.63) and 3000 m (7:43.66). He was a member of GS Ilioupolis, Olympiacos CFP and AEK during his career.
He was a double bronze medallist in the 3000 metres and 5000 m at the 1997 European Cup. He was the first long-distance medallist for Greece at the European Athletics Indoor Championships and as of 2016, remains the only such Greek athlete.
Since September 2016 he is serving as a managing director for Panathinaikos youth academies, the team he is a fan of since childhood, as he stated.