Athanasios Mantzouranis

Athanasios Mantzouranis
Personal information
Full name Athanasios Mantzouranis
Nickname Thanos
Born (1982-04-11) 11 April 1982
Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Infobox last updated on
October 15, 2013

Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greek: Αθανάσιος Μαντζουράνης; born April 11, 1982 in Thessaloniki) is a retired Greek amateur track cyclist.[1] He has won multiple titles in track time trial (kilo), sprint (individual and team), and Keirin at the Greek Championships since 1999, and later represented his nation Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Mantzouranis qualified for the Greek squad in two track cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a berth for his team based on the nation's selection process from the UCI Track World Rankings. Teaming with Vasileios Reppas and Panagiotis Voukelatos in the men's sprint race, held on the first day of track cycling, Mantzouranis recorded a time of 45.645 and a speed of 59.152 km/h to deliver the Greek trio a tenth-place finish in the prelims.[2] The following day, in men's Keirin, Mantzouranis missed a chance to advance further to the later rounds, after finishing fifth in the opening prelims, third in the repechage, and seventeenth overall from the final standings.[3]

Career highlights

1998
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Championships (500 m time trial), Novices (GRE)
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Championships (Sprint), Novices (GRE)
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) Greek Championships (Pursuit), Novices (GRE)
1999
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Athens Open Balkan Championships (Team sprint), Sofia (BUL)
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Junior Championships (Sprint), Greece
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Junior Championships (Team sprint), Greece
  • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Athens Open Balkan Championships (Sprint), Sofia (BUL)
2000
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Junior Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Junior Championships (Sprint), Greece
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Junior Championships (Team sprint), Greece
2001
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Championships (Sprint), Greece
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece
  • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
2002
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
2004
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Athens Open Balkan Championships (1 km time trial), Athens (GRE)
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Championships (Keirin), Athens (GRE)
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Athens (GRE)
  • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Athens Open Balkan Championships (Team sprint), Athens (GRE)
2005
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece
  • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Greek Road Championships (TTTl), Thiva (GRE)
2006
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Championships (Keirin), Greece
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Championships (Sprint), Greece
2007
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Athens Open Balkan Championships (Sprint), Athens (GRE)
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Athens Open Balkan Championships (Team sprint with Christos Volikakis and Panagiotis Voukelatos), Athens (GRE)
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) Athens Open Balkan Championships (Keirin), Athens (GRE)
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) Greek Championships (Team pursuit), Greece
  • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece
2008

References

  1. "Athanasios Mantzouranis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. "Men's Team Sprint Qualification". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. "Men's Keirin". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

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