Emmanouil Karalis

Emmanouíl Karalís (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Καραλής), born 20 October 1999 in Athens, is a Greek pole vaulter.[1] He is the son of a Greek father from Pyrgos, and a Ugandan mother. He won the silver medal at the 2019 and 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships and placed fourth at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He has a twin sister, named Angeliki.

Emmanouil Karalis
Karalis in 2018
Personal information
Born (1999-10-20) October 20, 1999
Athens, Greece
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Country Greece
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Pole vault
ClubG.S. Apollon Pyrgou
Coached byAndreas Tsonis, Panagiotis Simeonidis, Vitaly Petrov
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Outdoor 5.80 m (Tokyo 2021)
  • Indoor 5.81 m (Uppsala 2022)

Honours

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Greece
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd 5.20 m
2016 European Youth Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 1st 5.45 m
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th 5.40 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 11th 5.50 m
European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy NM
World Championships London, United Kingdom 17th (q) 5.45 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 5th 5.80 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 4th 5.65 m
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 2nd 5.60 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 15th (q) 5.60 m
2021 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 2nd 5.65 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 4th 5.80 m PB

References

  1. Pourliotopoulou, Ioanna. "ΚΑΡΑΛΗΣ". segas.gr.


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