Athanasios Mantzouranis Explained

Athanasios Mantzouranis
Fullname:	Athanasios Mantzouranis
Nickname:	Thanos
Birth Date:	11 April 1982
Birth Place:	Thessaloniki, Greece
Height:	1.75 m
Weight:	80 kg
Discipline:	Track
Role:	Rider
Ridertype:	Sprinter
Show-Medals:	yes

Athanasios Mantzouranis (el|Αθανάσιος Μαντζουράνης; born 11 April 1982) 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)

External links

NBC Olympics Profile

Notes and References

Athanasios Mantzouranis. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/thanos-mantzouranis-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 15 October 2013.
Web site: Men's Team Sprint Qualification . . . 21 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213252/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCTM401900/index.html . 19 August 2012 .
Web site: Men's Keirin . . . 21 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213207/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCTM402800/standings.html . 19 August 2012 .