December 20. Vassilis Sevastis reelected President of the Greek Federation
At the elections held yesterday in Pireaus, Vassilis Sevastis was reelected President of the Greek Athletics Federation with a precentage of 80 % of the about 230 Greek Sports Clubs representatives. He will stay at his position until 2004, some months after the end of the Athens Olympics. Opponents, however, claim that the elections were illegal, due to financial problems to be solved by the jury, and did not participate at the elections.

October 11. The 1999 period is over
 As by tradition happens, the outdoor season finished for Greece with the Aegen Sea Games, held last weekend in the island of Chios, with the partipation of many young and promising athletes. Emmanuel Zannis (javelin: 70,37 m) and Christina Constantinou (shot put: 15,21 m.) set the best marks of the games. Check our pages with the best men and women 1999 performances for Greece, the Greek Records set in this year and the updates of  all time greek outdoor men and women lists. We have also started gathering results from the International Marathons and Road Races held during this autumn and the coming winter and publishing them in a single page. All European and International statistics of 1999 are now updated. The Athletics Site will continue to publish new pages and provide our readers with everything new happens in the athletics world, being prepared for the great competitions of 2000.

August 29. Silver epilogue for greek delegation: Costas Gatsioudis second of javelin competition
Costas Gatsioudis got the javelin silver medal, behind Finnish Aki Parviainen. Gatsioudis threw 89,18 m. and he was leading the competition untill the 5th attempt, when Parviainen sent the javelin to 89, 52 m. to continue the long tradition of Finland in this event. The world record holder Jan Zelezny was third with 87, 67 m. Thus, Greece completed its participation in the world championships with 6 medals in total. Costas Gatsioudis was born on December 17, 1973 in Didymoteichon, Greece. He trains with Antonis Papadimitriou, the former Greek javelin Champion, his height is 1,88 m. and his weight 94 Kgs. He was bronze medallist at World Champs in Athens '97, Mediterranean Champion in 1997, 10th in Atlanta Olympic Games, gold medalist at the European Champs 20-22 in 1994 and silver medalist at World Juniors Championships in 1992. In 1992 he broke the world juniors record with 80, 30 m.

August 28. Mirela Tzelili won the javelin gold.
 Mirella Manjani- Tzelili won the gold medal of javelin throw on the 8th day of the 7th World Championships. Tzelili threw a 67,09 m. to set a national best and the second world performance of the season. Defending champion Trine Hattestadt placed third with 66,06 while Tatyana Shikolenko got the silver with 66, 43 m. Mirella Tzelili was born on December 21, 1976 in Dyrrahion, Albania. She trains with Vassilios Kokolis, her height is 1, 65 m. and her weight 64 kgs. She is married with the Greek weightlifting champion Giorgos Tzelilis, 4th in Atlanta. Mirela Tzelili was 9th in European Championships 1998 and 11th in Athens '97. As a member of the Albanian National team she was 8th at the World Juniors Champs in 1994 and silver medalist at the European Juniors Champs in 1995.

August 27. Easy qualification for Kostas Gatsioudis.
 Kostas Gatsioudis was the best qualifier of Javelin Throw tonight in Sevilla. In the first attempt he sent the javelin to 87, 97 m. Only four athletes made the standard of 83, 50 m. while almost all the favourites were finally qualified, althought with some difficulties mainly due to the humidity and the high temperature. The great surprise of the event was the disqualification of the world champion Marius Corbett of the RSA, who threw only 76, 34 m. The Greek walker Despina Deskou was 13th in the 20.000 walk final which was dominated by Chinese Hongyu Liu and Yan Wang, while Kerry Saxby was the bronze medalist. Niki Bakogianni was unable to tide over injury problems she had this year and with a jump at 1, 85 m. she will not participate in the final of the high jump.

August 23. Kelesidou gets Greece's second medal in Seville
 Anastassia Kelesidou managed to win a Silver medal for Greece at Women's Discus Throw this afternoon in Seville. Kelesidou, who is 27 years old and comes from Salonica, is the National Record holder for Greece with 67, 70 m.Her greatest sucess so far was last year's 7th place at the European Champs and her '95 World Champs 11th position. She was considered unlucky in Greece, because -despite her very good throws the last five years- she had never won an important medal. She is 1, 92 m. tall and weighs 92 kgs. She trains in Salonica with Kostas Spanidis. Except for Kelesidou, Greece was represented by two more girls in the Discus final. Stella Tsikouna, who was 7th in Athens, threw 63, 43 m. to get 8th place and Katerina Voggoli (5th in Budapest) was 11th tonight with 61, 00 m. Christos Meletoglou jumped 16, 37 m. at the triple Jump Qualification Round tonight and ranked 28th.

August 24. Katerina Koffa, Kostas Kenteris and Panayotis Sarris were qualified for the 200 m. quarter-finals. Great race for Periklis Iakovakis.
 Kostas Kenteris was the best among Greek athletes participated in the morning 200 m. heats. He won his heat with 20" 68 and qualified easily for the next round. Panayotis Sarris, running in the second lane, was fourth in the first heat with 20" 78 and followed Kenteris to the quarter-finals. Giorgos Panayotopoulos took the fourth place participating in the last heat with 20" 82, time not so fast to secure his qualification. Finally, Katerina Koffa was fourth with 22" 35 and she will participate in the afternoon quarter-final heats. Periklis Iakovakis, participating in the first heat of 400 m. hurdles, ran the distance in 49"53, setting a personal best and winning Ken Harnden. The world juniors champion of 1998 had the 18th performance among 48 participants and left out of the semifinals. Prodromos Korkizoglou have had a good start and he is at the 8th place after three events of decathlon.

August 23. Greek girls fly in Sevilla
Katerina Thanou won her first Outdoor World medal yesterday clocking a fantastic 10" 84. (10" 83. at the Semis), while Voula Tsiamita jumped 15, 07 m. at the Qualification Round and now her name features as one of the top ten in Triple Jump history.
Some biographical details about the two Greek girls:
Thanou was born in Athens on the 1st of February of 1975. She is 1, 65 m. tall and weighs 56 kgs. She trains with Christos Tzekos. Her major successes were the Bronze medal she got last year in Budapest at the European Championships (100 m.), the Gold medal at the 60 m. of the Indoor World Championships of Maebashi in '99, the Gold medal at the European Indoor Champs of '96 and the fourth place at the World Junior Championships of '94 (100 m.).
Tsiamita was botn in Volos on the 10th of March, 1972. She trains with Georghe Pomaski. Her height is 1, 70 m. and her weight 60 kgs. Last year she was 9th at the European Championships of Budapest, while she was 5th in Maebashi this year.

August 22. Great Jump for Voula Tsiamita: 15,07 m.
Voula Tsimita needed just one jump to qualify for the triple jump final tonigh in Sevilla. With 15,07 m. she broke the national record for Greece, improved her own world leading performance and became the 8th all time European athlete. European Champion Olga Vasdeki reached the final with her 3rd attempt to 14,27 m. All the favourites qualified except the world record holder Inessa Kravets who was 22nd at the qualification round. Meanwhile Katerina Thanou was second in the first 100 m. semifinal and broke the National Record for Greece once more with 10"83 and now she is the 4th all time European athlete. In the same heat Inger Miller with 10"81. was the faster qualifier for the final.

August 21 National Record for Thanou at the Quarter-Finals
Katerina Thanou won easily her heat tonight at Women's 100 m. Quarter Finals with 10" 86., which is a new National Record for Greece (7th European All Time) and features now as one of the top favorites for a medal, even as the only one who can beat Marion Jones. At Women's Discus, Tassia Kelesidou (64, 12 m.), Stella Tsikouna (64, 16 m.) and Katerina Voggoli (62, 39 m.) all qualified for the Final, a fantastic performance for Greece. Giorgos Giannelis ran 8' 30" 55. at the Steeple and ranked 25th. Christoforos Choidis performed 10" 21. and Giorgos Theodoridis 10" 30., both close to their PBs, but did not managed to go to the Semis of the Men's 100 m. Choidis was 19th and Theodoridis 30th. Lambros Papakostas showed that he is not yet ready after his torn achilles last year, and with 2, 15 m. was just 19th at Men's High Jump.

August 21 Niki Xanthou, silver in Athens, out of the finals in Seville
Greece's favorite female athlete, Niki Xanthou, 2nd World Champion of Athens and 4th Olympic Champion of Atlanta had a very bad morning on the first day of the 7th World Championships in Athletics and did not manage to qualify for the final of the Long Jump. She jumped 6, 34 m. and, although she was the 6th best for '99 so far, she won't be at the final of the event in Seville, ranking 26th. On the other hand, Katerina Thanou was the fastest qualifier for Women's 100 m. this morning with 11" 10. At Men's 100 m. both Christoforos Choidis and Georgios Theodoridis advanced to the 2nd round, running the distance at 10" 30. and 10" 32. At Men's Hammer Throw, Christos Polychroniou qualified for the final of the event with a throw at 76, 82 m., while Alexandros Papadimitriou threw only 72, 97 m. and will not continue, finishing 27th. Young star Vaios Tiggas competed at the Shot Put and with 18, 50 m. was 27th.

August 10. A numerous Greek team in Sevilla '99
  The Greek team for Sevilla '99 was formally anounced today in Athens. Twenty three men and eighteen women compose the more numerous delegation ever sent by Greece to world championships.

July 19. A Greek student is the winner of IAAF's competition.
 Dimitris Kalohairetis, a Greek student from Athens, built an nice site  and won the big competion "Sevilla '99 Web Site Contest" organized by the IAAF.

July 9-13. Christos Polychroniou breaks the NR and wins silver in Universiada '99. Bronze medal  for Christos Magkos.
Christos Polychroniou broke the national record for Greece with a throw at 79,83 m. to win the silver medal  in Universiada '99, ahead of Zsolt Nemeth who won with 80,40 m. Alexandros Papadimitriou was 7th in the same competition with 76,66 m. Also yesterday Christos Magkos won the bronze medal of 200 m. setting a personal best at 20"70. Panayotis Sarris was 7th with 21" 08. Stella Tsikouna was 4th in the Discus Throw with 61, 59 m.

May 29-30. Panhellinios GS  was promoted to the first division of European Clubs.
Panhellinios GS was promoted to the Super League.The Greek Champion team was first both in men and women, ahead of the Slovenian and French Champions respectively. On Sunday Marleen Ottey ran a 22"72 and Voula Tsiamita set a long jump personal best at 6,60 m. The greek team was just one step from the premier division after the events of the first day and the wins of Alexopoulos (10"26). Tsiamita (14,07 m.), Benhassi (2'01"70.), Koffa (11"41.), Parris (55"32.), Lamboura (60,87 m.), Liapis (2,23 m.) and other athletes resulted a safe difference by 10 grades in men and 20 grades in women competitions.

April 16-18, 1999.Bakogianni clears 1,92 m. and Gatsioudis sets a 84,21 m. at Greek Clubs Champs '99
Niki Bakogianni and Costas Gatsioudis set the best marks at Greek Clubs Champs Good start for Voula Tsiamita (14,02 m.), Dimitris Kokotis (2,20 m.), Vaios Tigkas (18,66 m.) and the discus throwers Stella Tsikouna (62,20 m.) and Katerina Voggoli (59,01 m.).  Despina Deskou set a 5.000 m. walk NR for Greece with 21'37"7.

April 07, 1999:Greek athletes for Peace in Balkans.
The former javelin world record holder Sofia Sakorafa was among the big names which accompanied the football team of AEK to Beograd. AEK gave a match for peace with Partizan today and had an enthousiastic welcome by the inhabitants of Beograd and other cities.

February 28, 1999: Greek XC Championships
Panayotis Charamis won the Greek Cross Country championships, held at Pyli of Trikala. The 6 first, who will compete at the Balkan Championships are: Charamis, Tsatrafyllis, Zaragkas, Poliias, Papoulias, Athanassiou.

February 20-21, 1999:Greek Indoor Championships begin with Pole Vault record by Tsiliggiri
Georgia Tsiliggiri had an excellent day clearing 4, 20 m., after she had already broken the Greek Record once at 4, 15 m. at women's Pole, on the first day of the Hellenic Championships at Pireaus. Papadias, the '97 world champion, won the 60 m. with 6" 62. and Niki Xanthou jumped 6, 67 m. at the Long Jump. On the second day, Voula Tsiamita won the Triple Jump with 14, 35 m. and Katerina Koffa the 200 m. with 23" 34.
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January 23, 1999:Georgia Tsilliggiri jumps over 4,11 m. in Pireaus
 Georgia Tsilliggiri cleared 4,11 m. with her second attempt, improving three times the NR for Greece in the second meeting of Pireaus. Good performances by Tereza Marinova (14,42 m.) Nora Ivanova (23" 16.) and John Regis (20"85).
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January 10 1999: Indoor season opens in Greece with meeting for under 18 athletes
 Michalis Stamatogiannis and Anna Stroumbi broke the Shot Put indoor National Records for Boys and Girls (Under 18 years old) with their throws at 18, 04 m. and 13, 92 m. Also Giorgos Kompogiannis, who competed out of competition at the 3 Km. broke the Juniors' NR with 8' 16" 70. The Indoor Season for Greece and the whole world will be covered statistically by our site with the lists and records tables you can find at our '99 Indoor Stats page.