ATHLETE

Yiannis Kouros

1956 - Today

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Yiannis Kouros (Greek: Γιάννης Κούρος, pronounced [ʝiˈa.nis ˈku.ros]; born 13 February 1956 in Tripoli, Kingdom of Greece) is a Greek ultramarathon runner based in Greece. Kouros holds or formerly held many world records between 100 miles and 1,000 miles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yiannis Kouros has received more than 553,444 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Yiannis Kouros is the 399th most popular athlete (down from 289th in 2019), the 674th most popular biography from Greece (down from 635th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yiannis Kouros ranks 399 out of 6,025Before him are Sidney Robinson, Earle Meadows, Charles Dvorak, Édouard Artigas, Pertti Karppinen, and Olha Bryzhina. After him are Erik Abrahamsson, Roberto Battaglia, Juan Pacheco, Olga Fikotová, Eddie Tolan, and Bernd Kannenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Yiannis Kouros ranks 229Before him are Tengiz Sulakvelidze, Abdullah Çatlı, Hanka Paldum, Bodo Ramelow, Vladimir Kulich, and Mayawati. After him are Thomas Remengesau Jr., Ricardo Giusti, Jacky Munaron, Kevin Dunn, Peter Schilling, and Eduardo Rodríguez.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Yiannis Kouros ranks 674 out of 1,024Before him are Anton Yugov (1904), Ioannis Frangoudis (1863), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902), Sotades (-400), and Ian Hamilton (1853). After him are Phormio (-450), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (1988), Kitsos Tzavelas (1800), Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878), Thomas Preljubović (1310), and Stylianos Gonatas (1876).

Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Yiannis Kouros ranks 12Before him are Charilaos Vasilakos (1877), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Archon of Pella (-400), and Miltiadis Gouskos (1877). After him are Sotirios Versis (1876), Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (1875), Bilistiche (-250), Georgios Papasideris (1875), Ioannis Theodoropoulos (1900), and Ioannis Persakis (1877).