Ioannis-Georgios Smalios
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| Full name | Ioannis-Georgios Karl Smalios | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Greece  Sweden | ||||||||||||
| Born |
17 February 1987 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||
| Club | KFUM Örebro Friidrott (SWE) | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | Arto Thor | ||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||
| World finals | 12th place in WJCH 2006 (Beijing,China) | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Javelin throw: 80.77 m (2010) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jiannis-Georgios Karl Smalios (also Ioannis-Georgios Smalios, Greek: Γιάννης-Γιώργος Σμαλιός; born February 17, 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish-born Greek javelin thrower.[1] He won the gold medal for his category at the 2005 European Junior Championships in 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] Few months later, he applied and granted a 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 meters behind Slovenia's Matija Kranjc, attaining his seasonal best throw of 75.24 metres.[5]
Seasonal bests by year
- 2005 - 77.25
- 2006 - 74.52
- 2007 - 76.80
- 2008 - 79.33
- 2009 - 76.80
- 2010 - 80.77
- 2011 - 77.15
- 2012 - 78.85
- 2013 - 78.59
- 2014 - 75.80
References
- ↑ "Ioannis-Georgios Smalios". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ↑ Gordon, Ed. "Hejnova wins epic battle in women’s 400m hurdles". European Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ↑ "Kalamata thrives despite Greek cash crisis". European Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ↑ "Men's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ↑ "2009 Mediterranean Games: Athletics – Men's Javelin Throw Final". Pescara 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2013.