Yiannis Kouros

Yiannis Kouros (Greek Γιάννης Κούρος, Giannis Kouros; born February 13, 1956 in Tripoli ) is a Greek ultramarathon runner and extreme. He lives in Australia since 1990 and now has, in addition to the Greek and the nationality of that country.

Yiannis Kouros is known and legendary for numerous world records in the field of ultra-marathon on routes of 100 to 1000 miles ( 160-1601 km) and the 24 - hour run up to the 10 - day run. His marathon best is 2:25 (1982). The Spartathlon he won four times (1983, 1984, 1986, 1990 ), and so far, no other runner undercut one of his winning times.

In 1997 he ran for a 24 - hour run 303.506 km. In 2005 he presented the Australian Colac with 1036.850 km to a new record in the six-day run.