Vasileios_Reppas

Vasileios Reppas

Vasileios Reppas

Greek cyclist


Vasileios Reppas (Greek: Βασίλειος Ρέππας; born 4 November 1988 in Athens) is a Greek amateur track cyclist.[1] He has won the men's sprint title at the 2007 Greek national championships, and later represented his nation Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Reppas qualified for the Greek squad in two track cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a berth for his team based on the nation's selection process from the UCI Track World Rankings. Teaming with Athanasios Mantzouranis and Panagiotis Voukelatos in the men's sprint race, held on the first day of track cycling, Reppas recorded a time of 45.645 and a speed of 59.152 km/h to deliver the Greek trio a tenth-place finish in the prelims.[2] The following day, in the men's individual sprint, Reppas posted a nineteenth-place time of 10.966 and an average speed of 65.657 km/h for his flying, 200 m opening time trial, narrowly missing out the first round matches by four tenths of a second (0.4).[3][4]

Career highlights

2004
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greek Championships (500 m time trial), Novices (GRE)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greek Road Championships (ITT), Greece
2005
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Greek Junior Championships (1 km time trial), Athens (GRE)
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Greek Junior Championships (Pursuit), Athens (GRE)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greek Junior Championships (Sprint), Athens (GRE)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greek Junior Championships (Team sprint), Athens (GRE)
2006
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) European Junior Championships (Team sprint), Athens (GRE)
2007
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Greek Championships (Sprint), Greece
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Athens Open Balkan Championships (Team sprint), Athens (GRE)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greek Championships (Team sprint), Greece
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Athens Open Balkan Championships (Sprint), Athens (GRE)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Greek Championships (Keirin), Greece
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
2008
2009
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Greek Championships (1 km time trial), Greece
2010

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vasileios Reppas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. "Men's Team Sprint Qualification". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. "Men's Sprint Qualification". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  4. "Hoy, Pendleton top sprint qualifiers". Velo News. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2013.



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