Anninos Marcoullides

Anninos Marcoullides (Greek: Άννινος Μαρκουλλίδης; born 8 February 1971 in Limassol, Lemesos) is a Cypriot retired sprinter who specialized in 100 and 200 metre races. He carried the flag for Cyprus at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

Marcoullides, competed from 1992 until 2004 and represented the island in four Olympic Games in Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens. His best achievement was finishing in 15th place in the Atlanta 100 metres.^[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cyprus
1989	Games of the Small States of Europe	Nicosia, Cyprus	1st	200 m	21.75
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	39th (h)	100m	10.90 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
			25th (h)	200m	21.88 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	18th (h)	200m	21.41 w (wind: +2.4 m/s)
1991	Games of the Small States of Europe	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	1st	200 m	21.05 (w)
			1st	400 m	47.27
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	40.80
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	12th (sf)	100m	10.53 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
			12th (sf)	200m	21.06 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
1997	Universiade	Catania, Italy	3rd	200 m	20.72
	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	2nd	100 m	10.23
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	2nd	200 m	20.65
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	200 m	20.43
2001	Mediterranean Games	Tunis, Tunisia	3rd	100 m	10.21 w
			1st	200 m	20.60

Personal bests

• 100 metres - 10.12 s (1998)
• 200 metres - 20.43 s (1998)

References

• Anninos Marcoullides at World Athletics

1. sports-reference
2. Leonidou, Leo (2007). "Steroids claim engulfs former sprint star". Cyprus Mail. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-05-25.