Georgios Roumpanis

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Other
SexMale
Full nameGeorgios•Roumpanis
Used nameGeorgios•Roumpanis
Original nameΓεώργιος•Ρουμπάνης
Other namesGeorgios Roubanis
Born15 August 1929 in Tripoli, Peloponnesos (GRE)
Measurements192 cm / 85 kg
AffiliationsPanellinios GS, Athina (GRE)
NOC Greece
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 1

Biography

Georgios Roumpanis represented Greece at three editions of the Olympic pole vault competition, being eliminated in the qualifying round in 1952 and 1960, but winning bronze in 1956. Having earlier taken silver at the 1955 Mediterranean Games, behind Italian Giulio Chiesa, he was also selected as the Greek flagbearer in the 1956 Opening Ceremony. After retiring from active competition in 1961, Roumpanis, previously a student at UCLA, worked as a management consultant in the United States. He eventually returned to Greece and was involved in several administrative capacities in sport, including the founding of the Association of Greek Olympians in 1985, with Dimitrios Thanopoulos. Roumpanis’ brother Aristidis was an Olympian in field athletics and basketball at the 1952 Helsinki Games.

Personal Best: PV - 4.60 (1958)

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1952 Summer Olympics Athletics GRE Georgios Roumpanis
Pole Vault, Men (Olympic) AC r1/2
Discus Throw, Men (Olympic) DNS
Decathlon, Men (Olympic) DNS
1956 Summer Olympics Athletics GRE Georgios Roumpanis
Pole Vault, Men (Olympic) 3 Bronze
Decathlon, Men (Olympic) DNS
1960 Summer Olympics Athletics GRE Georgios Roumpanis
Pole Vault, Men (Olympic) =18 r1/2

Other participations

Games Role NOC As
1956 Summer Olympics Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony GRE Georgios Roumpanis

Olympic family relations

Special Notes