Georgios Panagiotopoulos (born 12 August 1969) is a retired Greek

Greece

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 sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

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He won the bronze medal at the 1994 European Indoor Championships

1994 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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 finished seventh at the 1994 European Championships

1994 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 200 metres

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, won the silver medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games

1997 Mediterranean Games

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 and finished fifth at the 1997 World Championships

1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

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His personal best time was 20.38 seconds, achieved in August 1997 in Berlin

Berlin

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. This ranks him fifth among Greek 200 metres sprinters, behind Konstantinos Kenteris

Konstantinos Kenteris

Konstandinos Kenderis, also spelled as Konstadinos Kederis is a former Greek athlete...

, Anastassios Gousis, Thomas Sbokos

Thomas Sbokos

Thomas Sbokos is a Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade and finished fourth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships...

 and Alexios Alexopoulos

Alexios Alexopoulos

Alexios Alexopoulos is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships...

. In the 100 metres his personal best time was 10.19 seconds, achieved in August 1998 in Patras

Patras

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. This ranks him tenth 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...

, Christoforos Choidis, 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...

, Haralambos Papadias, Konstantinos Kenteris

Konstantinos Kenteris

Konstandinos Kenderis, also spelled as Konstadinos Kederis is a former Greek athlete...

, Alexis Alexopoulos, Panayotis Sarris and Georgios Theodoridis.