Konstantinos Kenteris won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and the 2002 European Championships in Athletics, making him the only European sprinter to win the gold medal in all three major competitions and the only European World Champion in the 200 metres races.
11 Facts About Konstantinos Kenteris
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Konstantinos Kenteris is a 14-time golden medalist at the Greek Athletics Championships and a five-time golden medalist at the Greek Indoor Athletics Championships.
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Konstantinos Kenteris withdrew from the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in his home country, after a doping violation.
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Konstantinos Kenteris was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year two times, for the years 2000 and 2001.
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Konstantinos Kenteris repeated his success in the 400 m by winning gold at the 1996 Greek Indoor Athletics Championships.
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In doing so, Konstantinos Kenteris became the first white male to win a 200 m sprinting medal at the Olympics since Pietro Mennea achieved the feat, winning the 200 m gold at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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In 2001, Konstantinos Kenteris won his first gold medal in 100 m at the 2001 Greek Athletics Championships in Athens.
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Success continued, as Konstantinos Kenteris won his first 200 m gold medal and the silver medal in 100 m at the 2001 European Cup in Bremen, and 200 m gold at the 2001 Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria with a performance of 20.10.
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Konstantinos Kenteris won the 200 m title at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton after a season where he mostly stayed out of international competition.
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Konstantinos Kenteris completed his trilogy by winning the European title at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich with a time of 19.85, his personal best.
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Konstantinos Kenteris retired from athletics and disappeared from the public eye following his withdrawal.