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'''Christos Papanikolaou''' is a retired Greek [[pole vault]]er.

His greatest championship achievements came when he won the silver medal at the 1966 European Championships and finished fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

At the 1970 Universiade in Turin, Papanikolaou finished second behind Wolfgang Nordwig, who won the event with a new world record of 5.46 metres. On [[24 October]] the same year Papanikolaou jumped 5.49 metres in [[Athens]] to capture the world record. Measuring 18′ 14″, it was the first pole vault over 18 feet. [http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/72361.html] The record was later beaten by Swede Kjell Isaksson who achieved 5.51 metres on [[8 April]] [[1972]].

Papanikolaou was ranked by Track and Field News among the top ten pole vaulters a total of seven times between [[1966]] and [[1972]], more than any other Greek athlete. His highest ranking position was second in 1970. [http://www.athletix.org/Statistics/tandfgreeks.html]

==Achievements==
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!Year
!Tournament
!Venue
!Result
!Extra
|-
|1966
|European Championships
|Budapest, Hungary
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|
|-
|1967
|Mediterranean Games
|Tunis, Tunisia
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|5.15 CR
|-
|1968
|Olympic Games
|Mexico City, Mexico
|align="center" | 4th
|
|-
|1970
|Universiade
|Turin, Italy
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|
|-
|1971
|Mediterranean Games
|Izmir, Turkey
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|5.20 CR
|-
|1972
|Olympic Games
|Munich, West Germany
|align="center" | 11th
|
|}

==See also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_record_progression_pole_vault_men World record progression pole vault men]

[[Category:Pole Vaulters|Papanikolaou, Christos]]
[[Category:Athletes|Papanikolaou, Christos]]
[[Category:World Records in Sports|Papanikolaou, Christos]]

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 His greatest championship achievements came when he won the silver medal at the 1966 European Championships and finished fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics. In finishing fourth in Mexico, Papanikolaou broke the Greek record with a 5.35m jump.
-At the 1970 Universiade in Turin, Papanikolaou finished second behind Wolfgang Nordwig, who won the event with a new world record of 5.46 metres. On [[24 October]] the same year Papanikolaou jumped 5.49 metres in [[Athens]] to capture the world record. Measuring 18′ 14″, it was the first pole vault over 18 feet. The record was later beaten by Swede Kjell Isaksson who achieved 5.51 metres on [[8 April]] [[1972]].
+At the 1970 Universiade in Turin, Papanikolaou finished second behind Wolfgang Nordwig, who won the event with a new world record of 5.46 metres. On [[October 24]] the same year Papanikolaou jumped 5.49 metres in [[Athens]] to capture the world record. Measuring 18′ 14″, it was the first pole vault over 18 feet. The record was later beaten by Swede Kjell Isaksson who achieved 5.51 metres on [[April 8]], [[1972]].
 Papanikolaou was ranked by Track and Field News among the top ten pole vaulters a total of seven times between [[1966]] and [[1972]], more than any other Greek athlete. His highest ranking position was second in 1970. [http://www.athletix.org/Statistics/tandfgreeks.html]

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 [[Image:Christos-Papanikolaou-01.jpg|thumb|190px|left|Christos Papanikolaou]]
 [[Image:Papanikolaou1.jpg|thumb|350px|5.49m breaks the world record in [[1970]]]]
-'''Christos Papanikolaou''' is a retired Greek [[pole vault]]er and [[decathlon]] athlete. He was born and raised in [[Trikala]], [[Thessaly]].
+'''Christos Papanikolaou''' is a retired Greek [[pole vault]]er and [[decathlon]] athlete. He was born in [[Trikala]], [[Thessaly]], on [[November 25]], [[1941]].
 At a young age he joined the Sports Club of Trikala. After completing his high school education he enrolled in the Sports Academy of Athens. While in Athens, he joined [[Panathinaikos Athletic Club|Panathinaikos]].
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 [[Category:Greek Athletes|Papanikolaou, Christos]]
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 Papanikolaou was ranked by Track and Field News among the top ten pole vaulters a total of seven times between [[1966]] and [[1972]], more than any other Greek athlete. His highest ranking position was second in 1970. [http://www.athletix.org/Statistics/tandfgreeks.html]
-Papanikolaou is currently a sports columnist for Athens daily "Ta Nea".
+'''Papanikolaou''' is currently a sports columnist for [[Athens]] daily "[[Ta Nea]]".
 ==Achievements==

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 It was Papanikolaou who broke the Greek record of Melbourne bronze medallist, [[Georgios Roubanis]], in [[1964]]. He would eventually take the Greek record from 4.60m to 5.49m. On [[August 7]], [[1967]], he also broke the Greek record for the decathlon.
 His greatest championship achievements came when he won the silver medal at the 1966 European Championships and finished fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics. In finishing fourth in Mexico, Papanikolaou broke the Greek record with a 5.35m jump.
-At the 1970 Universiade in Turin, Papanikolaou finished second behind Wolfgang Nordwig, who won the event with a new world record of 5.46 metres. On [[24 October]] the same year Papanikolaou jumped 5.49 metres in [[Athens]] to capture the world record. Measuring 18′ 14″, it was the first pole vault over 18 feet. [http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/72361.html] The record was later beaten by Swede Kjell Isaksson who achieved 5.51 metres on [[8 April]] [[1972]].
+At the 1970 Universiade in Turin, Papanikolaou finished second behind Wolfgang Nordwig, who won the event with a new world record of 5.46 metres. On [[24 October]] the same year Papanikolaou jumped 5.49 metres in [[Athens]] to capture the world record. Measuring 18′ 14″, it was the first pole vault over 18 feet. The record was later beaten by Swede Kjell Isaksson who achieved 5.51 metres on [[8 April]] [[1972]].
 Papanikolaou was ranked by Track and Field News among the top ten pole vaulters a total of seven times between [[1966]] and [[1972]], more than any other Greek athlete. His highest ranking position was second in 1970. [http://www.athletix.org/Statistics/tandfgreeks.html]

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	Papanikolaou was ranked by Track and Field News among the top ten pole vaulters a total of seven times between [[1966]] and [[1972]], more than any other Greek athlete. His highest ranking position was second in 1970. [http://www.athletix.org/Statistics/tandfgreeks.html]		Papanikolaou was ranked by Track and Field News among the top ten pole vaulters a total of seven times between [[1966]] and [[1972]], more than any other Greek athlete. His highest ranking position was second in 1970. [http://www.athletix.org/Statistics/tandfgreeks.html]
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		+	Papanikolaou is currently a sports columnist for Athens daily "Ta Nea".

	==Achievements==		==Achievements==

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	'''Christos Papanikolaou''' is a retired Greek [[pole vault]]er. He was born and raised in [[Trikala]], [[Thessaly]].		'''Christos Papanikolaou''' is a retired Greek [[pole vault]]er. He was born and raised in [[Trikala]], [[Thessaly]].

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−	'''Christos Papanikolaou''' is a retired Greek [[pole vault]]er.	+	'''Christos Papanikolaou''' is a retired Greek [[pole vault]]er. He was born and raised in [[Trikala]], [[Thessaly]].
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		+	At a young age he joined the Sports Club of Trikala. After completing his high school education he enrolled in the Sports Academy of Athens. While in Athens, he joined Panathinaikos.

	His greatest championship achievements came when he won the silver medal at the 1966 European Championships and finished fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics.		His greatest championship achievements came when he won the silver medal at the 1966 European Championships and finished fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics.