Haralabos Papadias

Haralabos Papadias (Χαράλαμπος Παπαδιάς; born 24 January 1975) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

He won the gold medal in 60 metres at the 1997 World Indoor Championships, in a time of 6.50 seconds (NR). He also finished fourth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships, won the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships, and finished sixth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup. He also competed at the 1997 World Championships without reaching the final.

His personal best time was 10.15 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg. This ranks him fourth among Greek 100 metres sprinters, behind Angelos Pavlakakis, Aristotelis Gavelas and Christoforos Choidis.^[1]

Honours

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Greece
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	26th (h)^[2]	100m	10.73 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	4th	60 m	6.65
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	60 m	6.50 NR
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	18th (h)	100 m	10.23
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	19th (h)	60 m	6.71
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	100 m	10.17 PB
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	4 x 100 m relay	39.07
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	6th	100 m	10.15 PB

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