Periklis Iakovakis

Periklis Iakovakis is a Greek track and field athlete whose specialty is the 400m hurdles event. He also runs the 400m and participates in the 4X400 relay race.

Iakovakis was born on March 24, 1979 in Patra. On May 6, 2006, in Osaka Japan, he became the first Greek athlete to break the 48sec barrier in the 400m hurdles with 47.82 - a personal best and a new Greek record. The record he broke was his own - 48.17 - established in Paris on August 27, 2003 in the World Championships.