Zafeiris Volikakis (born 20 June 1989 in

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

) is a

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it ...

who represented Greece at the 2012 Summer Olympics, along with his brother

Christos Volikakis Christos Volikakis ( gr, Χρήστος Βολικάκης; born 25 March 1988, in Volos) is a Greek track cyclist. He was the leader of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics 2011–2012 in Keirin. * He is the first Greek who win a gol ...

Career highlights

Greek Championship

#2005 1st in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Novices, Greece (GRE) #2005 1st in National Championship, Track, 500 m, Novices, Greece (GRE) #2006 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Greece (GRE) + Christos Volikakis, Nikolaos Dimotakis, #2006 1st in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, Greece (GRE) #2007 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Greece (GRE) + Sotirios Bretas, Dimitris Voukelatos, #2007 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, Greece (GRE) + Christos Volikakis, Vasileios Galanis, #2007 1st in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Juniors, Greece (GRE) #2007 1st in National Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Greece (GRE) #2007 1st in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, Greece (GRE) #2009 2nd in National Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, Greece, Athens (GRE) #2011 3rd in National Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, Greece (GRE) #2011 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, Greece (GRE) + Georgios Bouglas, Christos Volikakis,

Balkan Open

#2007 3rd in Athens Open Balkan Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite/U23, Greece, Athens (GRE) #2007 1st in Athens Open Balkan Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Greece, Athens (GRE) #2007 1st in Athens Open Balkan Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, Greece, Athens (GRE)

European Championship

#2006 2nd in European Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Athens

World Grand Prix

#2011 3rd in Moscou, Keirin (RUS)

World Championships

#2006 3rd in World Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Gent #2010 13th in World Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, København #2010 17th in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, København

References

External links

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The HERAKLION KASTRO – MURCIA TEAM website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Volikakis, Zafeiris 1989 births Sportspeople from Volos Living people Greek male cyclists Greek track cyclists Olympic cyclists for Greece Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Greece 21st-century Greek people