Alexandros Papadimitriou (; born 18 June 1973) is a Greek hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 80.45 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Athens. This is the current Greek record. - Athletix
Papadimitriou was born in Larissa and attended The University of Texas at El Paso in the U.S.USC's Kiss captures hammer throw 06/02/1994 | Archives | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle He began his career in Iraklis, moving to AEK later on.
Honours Representing 1991European Junior ChampionshipsThessaloniki, Greece7th62.62 m1992World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea6th66.96 m1996Olympic Games Atlanta, Georgia, United States16th (q)74.46 m1997Mediterranean GamesBari, Italy4th75.70 mWorld Championships Athens, Greece19th (q)73.92 m1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary27th (q)72.47 m1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain7th76.66 mWorld ChampionshipsSeville, Spain27th (q)72.97 m2000Olympic Games Sydney, Australia12th73.30 m2001World Championships Edmonton, Canada16th (q)75.63 mMediterranean GamesRadès, Tunisia 2nd76.98 m2002European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd80.21 m2003World Championships Paris, France8th77.79 m2004Olympic Games Athens, Greece17th (q)75.55 m2005Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 2nd75.57 mWorld Championships Helsinki, Finland11th (q)74.99 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden17th (q)72.94 mWorld Cup Athens, Greece5th74.13 m2007World Championships Osaka, Japan22nd (q)71.58 m2008Olympic Games Beijing, PR China18th (q)74.33 m2009World Championships Berlin, Germany23rd (q)72.02 mMediterranean Games Pescara, Italy3rd73.69 m2012Olympic Games London, United Kingdom37th (q)67.19 m
References
HellenicAthletes.com: Alexandros Papadimitriou