Jiannis Smalios
Athletics | |||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Thorén Track & Field Örebro (SWE) | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Arto Thor | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| World finals | 12th place in WJCH 2006 (Beijing,China) | ||||||||||||||
| National finals | 1st place in 2017 (Helsingborg, Sweden) | ||||||||||||||
| Personal best | Javelin throw: 81.89 m (2016) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jiannis-Georgios Karl Smalios (also Ioannis-Georgios Smalios,
Kaunas, Lithuania, with a personal best throw of 77.25 metres.[2] In 2010, Smalios improved his own record to 80.77 metres at the European Athletics Outdoor Classic Meeting in Kalamata.[3]
A few months later, he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship in order to compete internationally for his birth nation.
Smalios represented Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's javelin throw. Smalios performed a best throw of 71.87 metres from his second attempt but fell short in his bid for the twelve-man final as he placed twenty-seventh overall in the qualifying rounds.[4]
At the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy, Smalios narrowly missed out of the medal in the same discipline by approximately two metres behind Slovenia's Matija Kranjc, attaining his seasonal best throw of 75.24 metres.[5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ioannis-Georgios Smalios". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- European Athletics. Archived from the originalon 14 April 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- European Athletics. Archived from the originalon 14 April 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 30 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- Pescara 2009. Archived from the originalon 4 July 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
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