Vlasios Maras

Vlasios Maras
Maras with his bronze medal from the 2015 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1983-03-31) 31 March 1983
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
Country
represented
 Greece
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Greece
World Championships
2001 Ghent Horizontal Bar
2002 Debrecen Horizontal Bar
2006 Aarhus Horizontal Bar
European Games
2015 Baku Horizontal Bar
European Championships
2002 Patras Horizontal Bar
2004 Ljubljana Horizontal Bar
2006 Volos Horizontal Bar
2009 Milan Horizontal Bar
2010 Birmingham Horizontal Bar
2008 Lausanne Horizontal Bar
2012 Montpellier Horizontal Bar
2015 Montpellier Horizontal Bar

Vlasios Maras (Greek: Βλάσης Μάρας, born 31 March 1983 in Cholargos), Athens, is a Greek gymnast.

In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was a favorite in the horizontal bar competition but failed to qualify for the final after finishing 13th in the qualification round.[1] He competed in the horizontal bar event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as well, but finished in 38th place in qualifying and did not advance to the final.[2]

Maras is a two-time world champion on horizontal bar and a five-time European champion. He was named the 2009 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.

References

  1. ^ "Maras wins bars gold for Greece". BBC News. May 7, 2006. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-27.