| Birth Date: | 1978 11, df=yes |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 100m, 60m |
| Pb: | 10.14 sec, 6.60 sec |
Aristotelis ("Aris") Gavelas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αριστοτέλης Γκαβέλας, born 10 November 1978) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships and won the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, the latter in a career best time of 10.14 seconds. In Greece only Angelos Pavlakakis has run faster.[1] Gavelas also competed at the 2003 World Indoor Championships without reaching the finals.
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | European U23 Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11th (h) | 100m | 10.50 (wind: +1.6 m/s) | |
| 8th | relay | 39.98 | ||||
| 2001 | Mediterranean Games | Rades, Tunisia | 1st | 100 m | 10.14 w | |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.22 | ||||
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 6th | 100 m | 10.36 | |
| 11th (sf) | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.92 | ||||
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 22nd (h) | 60 m | 6.72 | |