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Georgios Roubanis

1929 - 2025

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Georgios Roubanis (Greek: Γεωργιος Ρουμπανης; 15 August 1929 – 11 February 2025) was a Greek pole vaulter. He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and his family hails from Stemnitsa. He competed at three Olympic Games. He was the elder brother of Aristeidis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgios Roubanis is the 26th most popular athlete (up from 618th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Greece (up from 734th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Georgios Roubanis ranks 26 out of 6,025Before him are Louis Zamperini, Thomas Curtis, Charley Paddock, Dick Fosbury, Hannes Kolehmainen, and Frank Jarvis. After him are Mike Powell, Archie Hahn, Bruno, Ronnie Coleman, Lee Evans, and Luz Long.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Georgios Roubanis ranks 98Before him are George Stinney, Len Deighton, John Polanyi, Gordon Moore, Sam Nujoma, and Alasdair MacIntyre. After him are Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Pierre Brice, Abdel Halim Hafez, Isabel Sarli, Peter L. Berger, and Nicolai Ghiaurov. Among people deceased in 2025, Georgios Roubanis ranks 53Before him are David Lodge, Jair da Costa, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Sam Nujoma, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Lalo Schifrin. After him are Ferdi Tayfur, Max Romeo, Heikki Hasu, Bertrand Blier, Joan Plowright, and Akinori Nakayama.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Georgios Roubanis ranks 279 out of 1,024Before him are Philopoemen (-253), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), Anaxandridas II (-565), Arsinoe I (-305), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), and Callias II (-515). After him are Ugo Foscolo (1778), Rigas Feraios (1757), Isidore of Kiev (1385), Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700), Pelopidas (-450), and Phocion (-402).

Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Georgios Roubanis ranks 2Before him are Spyridon Louis (1873). After him are Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), Coroebus of Elis (-800), Theagenes of Thasos (-500), Alexandre Tuffère (1876), Stamata Revithi (1866), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Sotirios Versis (1876), and Ioannis Theodoropoulos (1900).