Haralabos Papadias is a retired Greek

Greece

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 sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres

100 metres

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He won the gold medal in 60 metres at the 1997 World Indoor Championships

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

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, in a time of 6.50 seconds (NR). He also finished fourth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships

1996 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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, won the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships

1998 European Championships in Athletics

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 and finished sixth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup. He also competed at the 1997 World Championships

1997 World Championships in Athletics

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 without reaching the final.

His personal best time was 10.15 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

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. This ranks him fourth among Greek 100 metres sprinters, behind Angelos Pavlakakis

Angelos Pavlakakis

Angelos Pavlakakis is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships, the gold medals at the 1997 Mediterranean Games and the 1998 European Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 2000 European Indoor...

, Aristotelis Gavelas

Aristotelis Gavelas

Aristotelis Gavelas 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...

 and Christoforos Choidis, and jointly with Alexandros Yenovelis

Alexandros Yenovelis

Alexandros Yenovelis is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He competed in relay at the 1996 Olympic Games and the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997, and in the individual distance at the 1993 and 1995 World Indoor Championships, without reaching the final.His...

 and Konstantinos Kenteris

Konstantinos Kenteris

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