Dimítrios Régas ( el, Δημήτρης Ρέγας; born 12 September 1986), in

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(Mytilini) island, is a

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sprint athlete. He won the bronze medal (46.79 sec) in the

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. At the age of 20, Regas finished eighth (46.23 sec) in the

final at the

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in Gothenburg, having set a PB of 45.60 sec at the semifinals. The same year he was third at the

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held at

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with his personal best of 45.11 seconds, which still holds as a Greek national record. He was a member of Panellinios S.C and was coached by former Greek champion

Georgios Panagiotopoulos Georgios Panagiotopoulos ( el, Γεώργιος Παναγιωτόπουλος; born 12 August 1969) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 1994 European Indoor Championships, finished se ...

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Height: 1.76, Weight: 70 kg, Regas was suspended from competition for using the banned steroid "Methyltrienolone" in July 2008 in his A sample.

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