Ioannis Palamiotis
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Ioannis Palamiotis was a Greek athlete who competed in the triple jump.
Palamiotis was born in 1914. He started his athletic career as a football player in Karditsa. Later, he left football for track and field, becoming one of the best Greek triple jump athletes of his era.
In the European Championships of 1938, held in Paris, he captured 4th place, breaking the Greek record in the process with 14.70m. Twelve years later, he competed in the European Games once more, finishing 14th - at age 36.
Palamiotis won gold medals in three consecutive Balkan Games: 1938, 1939 and 1940.
His best jump was 15.03m in 1939 - a new Greek record which stood for 17 years.
Palamiotis died in February 2010.