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) Feidippides's 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".