| Panagiotis Papoulias | |
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| Nationality: | Greek |
| Birth Date: | 9 December 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Athens |
| Education: | School of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Athens |
| Occupation: | Athletics coach |
| Height: | 178 cm |
| Weight: | 62 kg |
| Sport: | Middle-distance running, Long-distance running |
| Event: | 1500 metres, 3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10000 metres |
| Coaching: | Panathinaikos Athletics |
| Updated: | 13 March 2017 |
Panagiotis Papoulias (el|Παναγιώτης Παπούλιας; born 9 December 1969) is a Greek former track and field athlete who competing middle- and long-distance running events. His greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1] He was a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (1995 and 1997) and also ran at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and 1998 European Athletics Championships.[2]
Papoulias was a six-time national champion at the Greek Athletics Championships, winning two 1500 metres titles and four over 5000 metres. He is the Greek national record holder in the 3000 m and 5000 m events with personal bests of 7:44.26 minutes and 13:28.59 minutes, respectively, as well as the Greek record holder for the 10000 m in the M35 category.[3] [4] He also holds the national indoor records for the 1500 m (3:39.63) and 3000 m (7:43.66). He was a member of GS Ilioupolis, Olympiacos and AEK during his career.[5]
He was a double bronze medallist in the 3000 metres and 5000 m at the 1997 European Cup.[6] He was the first long-distance medallist for Greece at the European Athletics Indoor Championships and as of 2016, remains the only such Greek athlete.[1]
Since September 2016 he is serving as a managing director for Panathinaikos youth academies, the team he is a fan of since childhood, as he stated.[7]
| 1995 | Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | — | 5000 m | [10] | |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11th (heats) | 5000 m | 14:00.93 | ||
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 3rd | 3000 m | 7:50.80 | |
| 1997 | European Cup | Munich, Germany | 3rd | 3000 m | 7:45.65 | |
| 3rd | 5000 m | 13:40.02 | ||||
| World Championships | Athens, Greece | 10th (heats) | 1500 m | 3:40.30 | ||
| 12th (heats) | 5000 m | 13:58.27 | ||||
| 1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 9th | 3000 m | 8:01.14[11] | |
| World Cross Country Championships | Marrakesh, Morocco | 52nd | Short race | 11:41 | ||
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 12th (heats) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:45.01[12] | ||
| 1999 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Piraeus, Greece | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1500 m | 3:44.76[13] |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | — | 3000 m |