- Alexandros Terzian
Alexandros Terzian (born Alejandro Terzián on
24 June 1968 inBuenos Aires ) is a retired Argentine-Greek sprinter.Terzián, an
Argentinian , won the national title of that country in100 metres in 1989 and in both 100 and200 metres in 1990. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/arg.htm Argentinian Championships] - GBR Athletics] He then moved to Greece, taking his first national titles there in 1993. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/gre.htm Greek Championships] - GBR Athletics]The same year he won the 100 m at the 1993 Mediterranean Games, in what would be his career best [http://www.athletix.org/Statistics/alltime_men.htm Greek all-time list, men] - The Athletics Site] time of 10.20 seconds. He also won the silver medal in 200 m at the same Games. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm Mediterranean Games] - GBR Athletics] He also competed at the World Indoor Championships [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/world/1993/m93_02.html 1993 World Indoor Championships, men's 60 m semi-final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite] and the World Championships [ [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/history/Year=1993/EventCode=1/gender=M/discipline=200/combCode=hash/roundCode=qf/index.html 1993 World Championships Results - 200 Metres - Men - Quarter-Final] - IAAF.org] without reaching the final.
In 1994 he won the silver medal in 60 metres at the European Indoor Championships in a national Greek indoor record of 6.51 seconds, [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1994/m94_03.html 1994 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 m final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite] and finished seventh at the outdoor European Championships. [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/european/1994_m.asp 1994 European Championships, men's results] - Sporting Heroes]
His personal best time in 200 metres was 20.61 seconds, achieved in May 1997 in
Piraeus . This places him eighth on the Greek all-time performers list, behindKonstantinos Kenteris ,Thomas Sbokos ,Alexis Alexopoulos ,Yeoryios Panayiotopoulos ,Anastasios Gousis ,Panayiotis Sarris andIoannis Nafpliotis .b]References
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