Athanasios Mantzouranis

Athanasios Mantzouranis

Personal information
Full name	Athanasios Mantzouranis
Nickname	Thanos
Born	11 April 1982 Thessaloniki, Greece
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Infobox last updated on October 15, 2013

Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greek: Αθανάσιος Μαντζουράνης; born April 11, 1982 in Thessaloniki) is a retired Greek amateur track cyclist.^[1] He has won multiple titles in track time trial (kilo), sprint (individual and team), and Keirin at the Greek Championships since 1999, and later represented his nation Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Mantzouranis qualified for the Greek squad in two track cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a berth for his team based on the nation's selection process from the UCI Track World Rankings. Teaming with Vasileios Reppas and Panagiotis Voukelatos in the men's sprint race, held on the first day of track cycling, Mantzouranis recorded a time of 45.645 and a speed of 59.152 km/h to deliver the Greek trio a tenth-place finish in the prelims.^[2] The following day, in men's Keirin, Mantzouranis missed a chance to advance further to the later rounds, after finishing fifth in the opening prelims, third in the repechage, and seventeenth overall from the final standings.^[3]

Career highlights

1998

• Greek Championships (500 m time trial), Novices (GRE)
• Greek Championships (Sprint), Novices (GRE)
• Greek Championships (Pursuit), Novices (GRE)

1999

• Athens Open Balkan Championships (Team sprint), Sofia (BUL)
• Greek Junior Championships (Sprint), Greece
• Greek Junior Championships (Team sprint), Greece
• Athens Open Balkan Championships (Sprint), Sofia (BUL)

2000

• Greek Junior Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
• Greek Junior Championships (Sprint), Greece
• Greek Junior Championships (Team sprint), Greece

2001

• Greek Championships (Sprint), Greece
• Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece
• Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece

2002

• Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece

2004

• Athens Open Balkan Championships (1 km time trial), Athens (GRE)
• Greek Championships (Keirin), Athens (GRE)
• Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Athens (GRE)
• Athens Open Balkan Championships (Team sprint), Athens (GRE)

2005

• Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
• Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece
• Greek Road Championships (TTTl), Thiva (GRE)

2006

• Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
• Greek Championships (Keirin), Greece
• Greek Championships (Sprint), Greece

2007

• Athens Open Balkan Championships (Sprint), Athens (GRE)
• Athens Open Balkan Championships (Team sprint with Christos Volikakis and Panagiotis Voukelatos), Athens (GRE)
• Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
• Athens Open Balkan Championships (Keirin), Athens (GRE)
• Greek Championships (Team pursuit), Greece
• Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece

2008

• 10th Olympic Games (Team sprint with Vasileios Reppas and Panagiotis Voukelatos), Beijing (CHN)
• 17th Olympic Games (Keirin), Beijing (CHN)

References

1. "Athanasios Mantzouranis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
2. "Men's Team Sprint Qualification". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
3. "Men's Keirin". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile
• Athanasios Mantzouranis profile at Cycling Archives