Labros Papakostas
{{Short description|Greek high jumper (born 1969)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GRE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1995 Barcelona|High jump}}
{{MedalSilver|1997 Paris|High jump}}
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Labros Papakostas ({{langx|el|Λάμπρος Παπακώστας}}, born 20 October 1969 in Karditsa) is a retired Greek high jumper who won two silver medals at the World Indoor Championships in 1995 and 1997.
His personal best, achieved in Athens in 1992, was 2.36 metres, when he took the Greek national record from Panagiotis Kontaxakis.
He is an eight-time national champion for Greece in the men's high jump event.
Achievements
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1988
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |
rowspan=2|1989
|European Indoor Championships |12th |
Universiade
|19th (q) |
1990
|22nd (q) |
1991
|5th |
rowspan=2|1992
|European Indoor Championships |15th |
Olympic Games
|18th (q) |
rowspan=2|1994
|European Indoor Championships |9th |
European Championships
|8th |
rowspan=2|1995
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |
World Championships
|16th (q) |
1996
|6th |
rowspan=2|1997
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |
World Championships
|6th |
1998
|European Indoor Championships |5th |
1999
|29th (q) |
External links
{{World Athletics||name=Lambros Papakostas}}
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| before = Charalambos Cholidis
| title = Flagbearer for {{GRE}}
| years = Barcelona 1992
| after = Pyrros Dimas
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Category:Greek male high jumpers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Greece
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games competitors for Greece
Category:Athletes from Karditsa
Category:20th-century Greek sportsmen
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