Christos Volikakis


Christos Volikakis is a Greek track cyclist. He was the leader of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics 2011–2012 in Keirin.

Biography

Christos Volikakis is a Greek track cyclist, the most successful of the 2000s, particularly in the speed disciplines. In 2005, as a junior, he became Greek champion in three track discipline and won a title on the road.
In 2005, he became the World Champion in keirin at the UCI Juniors Track World Championships in Vienna. He also won two medals at the Junior European Championships 2006 and 2007. In 2007, he won two championship events at the Athens Open, in keirin and team sprint.
At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, he finished third in the keirin and took the bronze medal.
Between 2006 and 2011, he won eleven national titles.
He won the 2nd place in Keirin at the UCI Track World Cup 2007–2008 in Los Angeles, USA.
In 2008 he represented Greece at the Beijing Olympics in the men's keirin.
He won the gold medal in keirin at the UCI Track World Cup 2011–2012 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
He has also won the silver medal in keirin at the European Elite Track Championship 2011 that was held in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
In 2012, he again competed in the Olympics, in the men's keirin. He competed in the same event at the 2016 Olympics.

Career highlights

Greek Championship

  1. 2003 2nd in National Championship, Road, ITT, Novices, Greece, Volos
  2. 2003 2nd in National Championship, Road, Novices, Greece, Volos
  3. 2004 1st in National Championship, Track, 500 m, Novices, Greece, Athens
  4. 2004 3rd in National Championship, Road, ITT, Novices, Greece, Dervenochoria
  5. 2004 1st in National Championship, Road, Novices, Greece, Dervenochoria
  6. 2005 1st n National Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, Greece, Athens
  7. 2005 2nd in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Juniors, Greece
  8. 2005 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Greece + Vasileios Galanis, Alexandros Floros, Athanassios Evdokiou,
  9. 2005 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Greece + Vasileios Galanis, Alexandros Floros,
  10. 2005 1st in National Championship, Road, TTT, Juniors, Greece, Thiva + Athanassios Evdokiou, Vasileios Galanis, Alexandros Floros,
  11. 2006 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Greece + Zafeiris Volikakis, Nikolaos Dimotakis,
  12. 2006 1st in Nation Championship, Track, 1 km, Juniors, Greece
  13. 2006 2nd in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, Greece
  14. 2006 5th in OXI Memorial Climb Race, Juniors, Bafi, Parnitha
  15. 2007 2nd in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Elite, Greece
  16. 2007 2nd in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, Greece
  17. 2007 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, Greece + Zafeiris Volikakis, Vasileios Galanis,
  18. 2007 1st in National Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, Greece
  19. 2009 1st in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Elite, Greece, Athens
  20. 2009 1st in National Champioip, Track, Keirin, Elite, Greece, Athens
  21. 2011 1st in National Championsh Track, Keirin, Elite, Greece
  22. 2011 1st in National Championship,Track, Team Pursuit, Elite, Greece + Apostolos Bouglas, Alexandros Papaderos, Stavros Papadimitrakis,
  23. 2011 1st in National Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, Greece + Georgios Bouglas, Zafeiris Volikakis,
  24. 2011 1st in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, Greece
  25. 2011 1st in National Championship, Track, 1, Elite, Greece

    Balkan Open

  26. 2007 1st in Athens Open Balkan Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite/U23, Greece, Athens + Athanasios Mantzouranis, Panagiotis Voukelatos,
  27. 2007 2nd in Athens Open Balkan Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite/U23, Greece, Athens
  28. 2007 1st in Athens Open Balkan Championship, TracKeirin, Elite/U23, Greece, Athens

    European Juniors/U23 Championship

  29. 2005 2nd in European Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Fiorenzuola
  30. 2006 2nd in European Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Athens
  31. 2006 6th in European Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Athens
  32. 2006 9th in European Championship, Track, Scratch Race, Juniors, Athens
  33. 2007 4th in European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Cottbuss
  34. 2008 4th in European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Pruszków
  35. 2009 3rd in European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Minsk

    World Grand Prix

  36. 2011 3rd in Dudenhofen,Keirin
  37. 2011 1st in Moscow, Keirin
  38. 2011 1st in Mos, Sprint

    European Elite Championship

  39. 2011 2nd in European Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, Apeldoorn

    UCI World Cup Classics

  40. 2008 2nd in Los Angeles, Keirin
  41. 2008 5th in Sydney, Keirin
  42. 2010 4th in Melbourne, Keirin
  43. 2010 8th in Cali, Keirin
  44. 2011 1st in Astana, Keirin

    UCI World Championships

  45. 2005 1st in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Wien
  46. 2006 3rd in World Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Gent
  47. 2006 6th in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Gent
  48. 2008 3rd in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite
  49. 2009 8th in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, Pruszków
  50. 2010 13th in World Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, København
  51. 2010 13th in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, København
  52. 2010 36th in World Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, København