Evripides Demosthenous

Cypriot sprinter

Evripides Demosthenous (Greek: Ευριπίδης Δημοσθένους; born 14 October 1972) is a retired Cypriot sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.[1] He represented his country at two Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000) and three consecutive World Championships, starting in 1995. He has personal bests of 46.16 seconds outdoors (Palma de Mallorca 1999) and 47.39 seconds indoors (Piraeus 1998). Both are standing national records.

## Competition record

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Representing  Cyprus
1991  | European Junior Championships | Thessaloniki, Greece | 14th (h)  | 400 m  | 49.20
1993  | Games of the Small States of Europe | Malta | 3rd  | 200 m  | 22.26
1st  | 400 m  | 48.48
1st  | 4 × 100 m relay  | 41.28
1st  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:16.62
Mediterranean Games | Narbonne, France | 5th  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:14.45
1994  | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 11th (sf)  | 400 m  | 47.91
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 20th (h)  | 400 m  | 47.40
Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | (h)  | 400 m  | 47.78
1995  | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 14th (h)  | 400 m  | 47.95
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 39th (h)  | 400 m  | 46.84
Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 20th (qf)  | 400 m  | 47.13
1996  | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | –  | 400 m  | DQ
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 43rd (h)  | 400 m  | 46.76
1997  | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 41st (h)  | 400 m  | 47.57
1998  | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 19th (h)  | 400 m  | 48.16
European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 24th (h)  | 400 m  | 47.15
12th (h)  | 4 × 100 m relay  | 40.96
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 23rd (qf)  | 400 m  | 46.89
1999  | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 10th (sf)  | 400 m  | 46.16
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 37th (h)  | 400 m  | 46.72
2000  | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | –  | 400 m  | DNF
2003  | Games of the Small States of Europe | Marsa, Malta | 3rd  | 400 m  | 48.19
1st  | 4 × 400 m relay  | 3:12.51

## References

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1. ^ Evripides Demosthenous at World Athletics

## External links

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* Evripides Demosthenous at Olympics.com
* Evripides Demosthenous at Olympedia

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