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Yiannis Kouros

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Yiannis Kouros (Greek: Γιάννης Κούρος, pronounced [ʝiˈa.nis ˈku.ros]; born 13 February 1956 in Tripoli, Kingdom of Greece) is a Greek ultramarathon runner based in Greece. Kouros holds or formerly held many world records between 100 miles and 1,000 miles. In 1991, he starred as Pheidippides in the movie The Story of the Marathon: A Hero's Journey, which chronicles the history of marathon running. Kouros came to prominence when he won the Spartathlon in 1984 in a record time of 20 hours and 25 minutes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yiannis Kouros is the 534th most popular athlete (down from 393rd in 2019), the 683rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 674th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yiannis Kouros ranks 534 out of 6,025. Before him are Jānis Daliņš, František Janda-Suk, Thelma Hopkins, Rune Larsson, Tatyana Shchelkanova, and Eddie Hart. After him are Natalya Lisovskaya, Norman Read, Alfons Dorfner, Monika Zehrt, Hiroki Ito, and Roald Larsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Yiannis Kouros ranks 247. Before him are Cynthia Rhodes, David Card, Roberto Malone, Vladislav Listyev, Justin Welby, and Pierre-Louis Lions. After him are Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Mark St. John, Thomas Wassberg, Takeshi Okada, Al Corley, and John Wells.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Yiannis Kouros ranks 683 out of 1,024. Before him are Abundius (null), Ioannis Theodoropoulos (1900), Corinna (-501), Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis (1863), Spyridon Chazapis (1872), and Antonios Kriezis (1796). After him are Nikolaos Trikoupis (1868), Alcmenes (null), Andreas Metaxas (1786), Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878), Anaxandridas I (-650), and Nicander of Sparta (null).

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Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Yiannis Kouros ranks 13. Before him are Stamata Revithi (1866), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Sotirios Versis (1876), and Ioannis Theodoropoulos (1900). After him are Ioannis Persakis (1877), Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (1875), Bilistiche (-250), Miltiadis Gouskos (1877), Georgios Papasideris (1875), and Perikles Kakousis (1879).

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