Yiannis Kouros - Athletic Biography
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Yiannis
Kouros was born in Tripoli, Arcadia, Greece, on 13th February 1956.
He studied literature and music but his main love was athletics. He
wrote hundreds of poems, composed many pieces of music and songs and
he loves painting. He competed in hundreds of middle or long distance
races and tens of marathons. In his career of ultra-running, Kouros
won the following Ultra-marathons:
1) Spartathlon 83 (Athens to Sparta) (250 km in 21h53'40"),
course record.
2) Across Austria 3 day-stage race 84 (Danube) (320 km in total time
23h16'15"), course record.
3) Six-day run, New York 84 (1,022.8 km), 16 world records unbroken
from 1888.
4) Spartathlon 84 (20h25'00"), new course record.
5) 24-hour run, New York 84, Sri Chinmoy (177 miles), 3 world records.
6) 6-day run 84, Colac Vic. AUS (1,023.2 km) 10 world records.
7) 48-hour run, World Championship, FRA 85 (452 km), 6 world records.
8) Sydney-Melbourne 85, AUS (960 km in 5d05h07'), course record plus
11 world records
9) 100 km European Championship, BEL 85, 6h25'00", course record.
10) 24-hour run, New York 85, Sri Chinmoy (178 miles), world record.
11) 7-day -stage race (Wellington to Auckland) NZ 85 (718 km in 65h14'05"),
course record.
12) 24-hour run Indoor World Championship, Chicago USA 86, 6 world
records.
13) 24-hour run, Montmany, CAN 86 (225 km), course record.
14) 100 & 70 miles run, New York 86, Sri Chinmoy, course record.
15) Spartathlon 86 (21h57').
16) Sydney-Melbourne 87 (1,060 km in 5d14h47'), course record, 9
world records.
17) 24-hour run, Montmany, CAN 87 (236 km) new course record.
18) 24-hour run, Westport, N. Y. 87 (142 miles), course record.
19) Sydney-Melbourne 88 (1,016km in 5d19h14'), course record.
20) 1,000 miles run, World Championship, New York 88, Sri Chinmoy
(10d10h30'35"), multiple world records.
21) Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Run 88 (430 km in 54h...?), course record.
22) 24-hour Indoor World Championship, England 89 (272.8 km), world
record.
23) Olympia-Athens Sri Chinmoy 89 Peace Run (350 km in 34h), course
record.
24) Sydney-Melbourne 89 (1,011 km in 5d02h27'), course record.
25) Sydney-Melbourne 90 (1,008 km in 5d23h55').
26) 24-hour run, Olympic Park, Melbourne 90 (280.369 km).
27) Spartathlon 90 (20h29').
28) 24-hour run, Wyong N.S.W. 91 (258 km).
29) Sydney-Melbourne 91, Southern Motors (1,070 km), 5d7h.
30) 12-day Kelefthos run, Crete, Greece 94, course record.
31) 24-hour run, Coburg Stadium, Melbourne, 95 (282.981 km) 5 Australian
records.
32) 48-hour World Championship 95, FRA, 2 world records (24h: 285.363
Km & 48h: 470.781 km).
33) 24-hour run, Coburg Stadium, Melbourne, 96 (293.704 km) 5 World
records.
34) 48-hour World Championship 96, FRA, world records (473.797 km).
35) 100km Australian Championship 96, Shepparton (6h56'46"),
course record.
36) 24-hour run (Sri Chinmoy) AIS Stadium, Canberra, 2-3/3/97 (295.030
km), 4 W. R. & 7 Australian.
37) 24-hour run, Coburg Stadium, Melbourne, 12-13/4/97 (266.180 km).
38) 48-hour World Championship 97, FRA (422.829 km).
39) Sri Chinmoy Peace Blossoms Run (passing the Swiss Alps) Tenero-Rapperswil
(250km in 24h).
40) 24-hour Australian Championship 97, Adelaide, 4-5/10/97 (303.506
km) 5 W. Records (in 200 k, 150 miles, 250 k, 300 k, 24 h.) &
3 Australian (100 k, 150 k, 100 miles) and all the above as veteran
records.
41) Radio-marathon for the disciple children (600 km), from Ancient
Olympia to Athens and through many villages of Cyprus (Larnaca, Limasol,
Nicosia, 8-11/11/97).
42) 100km Australian Championship 98, Traralgon, Vic. 5/4/98 (7h14'35"),
course record.
43) 24-hour run, Basel, Switzerland, Sri Chinmoy, 2-3/5/98 (290.225
km) 4 world records (200 k, 150 miles, 250 k and 24 h), 5 veteran
records, course rec.
44) Canberra to Sydney 300 km Run for World Peace, 30/4-1/5/99.
45) 24-hour run, Coburg Stadium, Melbourne, 8-9/5/99 (251.2 km).
46) Delphi to Athens, Apollonian Run (180 km in 17h 15'00''), 30/6-1/7/99.
47) Toledo 24h race, Olander Park, Sylvania, OH (USA Championships),
18-19/9/99, course record (269.468 km).
48) 24-hour European Championship 99, Verona, IT, 25-26/9/99 (262.3
km).
49) Radio-marathon for the disciple children (800 km) from Yugoslavian
border (Evzonoi) to Athens 600 k in 6 and a half days and 200 k
for 3 days in Cyprus, 18-24/10/ and 1-3/11/99.
50) Ancient Plataiai to Delphi, GRE, searching run, 6/5/00 (107 km
in 8:43).
51) 48-hour World Championship, Surgeres, FRA, 1-3/6/00 (404.432 km).
52) 24-hour run, Verona, IT, 23-24/9/00 (265.683km).
53) Six-day run 00, Colac Vic. AUS, 19-25/11/00, (801.6 km) Greek
40-44 veteran records at 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 d.
54) 6-hour run 01, Coburg Stadium, Melbourne, 7/4/01 (73.976 km).
55) 24-hour World Championship 01, Verona, IT, 22-23/9/01 (275.828
km).
56) 100 miles Great Lake Run, N. Zealand, 16/2/02 (12:35:48) 3 age
40-49 World Records
57) International 24-hour run 02, Taipei, TW, 2-3/3/02 (284.70 km)
6 W. Records
58) International 48-hour meeting, Surgeres, FRA, 3-5/5/02 (436.702
km) 7 W. Records
59) Bekescsaba-Arad-Bekescsaba Ultramarathon, HUN-ROM 18-19/5/02 197km
in 14:07:33
60) Mexico City 12-hour race, Olympic Committee Stadium, 17/8/02,
(154.733km) World best performance in high altitude
61) Toledo 24h race, Olander Park, Sylvania, OH (USA Championships),
14-15/9/02, course record (277.356 km). (2 World 45-49 Records)
62) Sunmart 50 mile Trial, Hunstvile, Huston, TX USA, 14/12/02, (6:09:00:45)
40-49 age group course record
63) International 48-hour meeting, Surgeres, FRA, 2-4/5/03 (438.813
km) age 40-49 W. Records
64) Around the Paros Island, GRE, 21/6/03 53km 3:28:12 course record
65) 6-hour run 04, Haidari Stadium, Athens, GRE, 17/4/04 (84.945
km).
66) International 48-hour meeting, Surgeres, FRA, 28-30/5/04 (443.639
km) 2 age group 40-49 W. Records
67) Around the Paros Island, GRE, 3/7/04 52km 3:28:50 course record
68) Sunmart 50 mile Trial, Hunstvile, Huston, TX USA, 14/12/02, (6:11:)
69) Feidippidess Achievement, GRE (Athens-Sparta-Athens), 53h:43:11,
course record
70) 6-day run 05, Colac Vic. AUS (1,036.850 km) 3 world records and
6 age group 45-49 W. Records.
71) 3-day race Across the Years, Arizona, USA, 29/12/05-1/1/06,
( 520.5km), 2 W. Records and 2 45-49 W. Age Records
He
also became a Centurion in the 24-hour Centurion Racewalk, Clifton
Hill, Vic. AUS, 19-20/9/98, 2nd with 168.406 km, 100 miles in 22h55'23".
