Marios Evangelou

Marios Evangelou
Personal information
Full name Marios Evangelou
Nationality  Greece
Born (1981-05-08) 8 May 1981
Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Club Panathinaikos
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Pole vault: 5.62 (2004)

Marios Evangelou (Greek: Μάριος Ευαγγέλου; born May 8, 1981 in Thessaloniki) is a retired Greek pole vaulter.[1] He was selected to compete for the host nation Greece's largest Olympic team in the men's pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also trained as a member of the athletics squad for the sport club Panathinaikos.[2] In June 2004, Evangelou demolished a national record at 5.62 m to win the title from the Greek Championships at the Olympic Stadium in Athens.[3]

Evangelou qualified for the Greek squad in the men's pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4] Two months before the Games, he successfully cleared 5.62 m to demolish the four-year-old national record (previously set by Stavros Tsitouras in 2000) and reach an Olympic B-standard from the Greek Championships at the Olympic Stadium.[3][5] Much to the delight from the immense Greek crowd inside the Olympic Stadium, Evangelou started off with two disappointing fouls until he strongly vaulted over 5.30 m on the third attempt.Failing to clear his next targeted height of 5.50 m after three straight misses, Evangelou shared a thirty-third spot with South Korea's Kim Yoo-Suk as the last remaining pole vaulters to round out the overall standings at the end of the qualifying round.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Marios Evangelou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Αυλαία με πανελλήνιο ρεκόρ εφήβων [Athletes have demolished national records] (in Greek). ANT1. 10 June 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Greek Championships, Athens Olympic Stadium – Final Day". IAAF. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Largest ever Greek Olympic team confirmed". IAAF. 23 July 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Πίσω από τα φώτα [Behind the scenes] (in Greek). Rizospastis. 20 June 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's Pole Vault Qualification". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

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