Labros Papakostas (, born 20 October 1969 in

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) is a retired

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er who won two silver medals at the World Indoor Championships in 1995 and 1997. His personal best, achieved in Athens in 1992, was 2.36 metres, when he took the Greek national record from Panagiotis Kontaxakis. He is an eight-time national champion for Greece in the men's high jump event.

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1969 births Living people Greek male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Greece Athletes from Karditsa 20th-century Greek sportsmen {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub