Vasilis Papageorgopoulos

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Vasilis Papageorgopoulos (Greek: Βασίλης Παπαγεωργόπουλος, born June 27, 1947 in Thessaloniki) is a retired Greek sprinter who won two medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as the bronze medal in 100 meters at the 1971 European Championships in Athletics.

His personal best time was 10.22 seconds, achieved in August 1972 in Izmir. This ranks him twelfth among Greek 100 metres sprinters, behind Angelos Pavlakakis, Aristotelis Gavelas, Christoforos Choidis, Alexandros Yenovelis, Haralambos Papadias, Konstantinos Kenteris, Alexis Alexopoulos, Panayotis Sarris, Georgios Theodoridis, Yeoryios Panayiotopoulos and Alexandros Terzian.^[1]

He first got involved in politics in 1978 when he was elected City councilor of Thessaloniki. He practiced dentistry until 1981, when he was elected as a member of the Greek Parliament, representing Thessaloniki, for the Conservative New Democracy party. Papageorgopoulos has been, since 1 January 1999, the mayor of Thessaloniki.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1971	European Indoor Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria	5th	60 metres^[2]
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	100 metres
	Mediterranean Games	İzmir, Turkey	1st	100 metres
1972	European Indoor Championships	Grenoble, France	3rd	50 metres
1974	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	60 metres^[3]
1975	Mediterranean Games	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	100 metres
1976	European Indoor Championships	Munich, West Germany	2nd	60 metres