Aristotelis Gavelas
Greek sprinter
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Born | (1978-11-10) 10 November 1978 (age 45) | ||||||||
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Country | Greece | ||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event(s) | 100m, 60m | ||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 10.14 sec, 6.60 sec | ||||||||
Medal record
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Aristotelis ("Aris") Gavelas (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Γκαβέλας, born 10 November 1978) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships and won the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, the latter in a career best time of 10.14 seconds. In Greece only Angelos Pavlakakis has run faster.[1] Gavelas also competed at the 2003 World Indoor Championships without reaching the finals.
Honours
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1999 | European U23 Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11th (h) | 100m | 10.50 (wind: +1.6 m/s) |
8th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.98 | |||
2001 | Mediterranean Games | Rades, Tunisia | 1st | 100 m | 10.14 w |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.22 | |||
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 6th | 100 m | 10.36 |
11th (sf) | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.92 | |||
2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 22nd (h) | 60 m | 6.72 |
References
- Aristotelis Gavelas at World Athletics
- ^ Greek all-time list, men Archived 5 December 2012 at archive.today - The Athletics Site
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Mediterranean Games champions in men's 100 metres
- 1951: Stefanos Petrakis (GRE)
- 1955: Luigi Gnocchi (ITA)
- 1959: Abdoulaye Seye (FRA)
- 1963: Claude Piquemal (FRA)
- 1967: Charis Aivaliotis (GRE)
- 1971: Vasilis Papageorgopoulos (GRE)
- 1975–1979: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
- 1983: Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA)
- 1987: Stefano Tilli (ITA)
- 1991: Ezio Madonia (ITA)
- 1993: Alexandros Terzian (GRE)
- 1997: Angelos Pavlakakis (GRE)
- 2001: Aristotelis Gavelas (GRE)
- 2005: Matic Osovnikar (SLO)
- 2009: Martial Mbandjock (FRA)
- 2013: Emmanuel Biron (FRA)
- 2018–2022: Jak Ali Harvey (TUR)
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