# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christos-papanikolaou
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:06:27.778Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christos-papanikolaou"
name: "Christos Papanikolaou"
slug: "christos-papanikolaou"
description: "Christos Papanikolaou is a Greek retired pole vaulter. On 25 October 1970, he set the world record at 5.49 m, significant to Americans as the first man to pole vault 18 feet. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in 18th, 4th and 11th place, respectively. He won a silver medal at the 1966 European Championships. He was a two-time champion at the Mediterranean Games. He was named the Greek Athlete of the Year, for the years 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1970."
tagline: "Greek Pole Vault World Record Holder, first man over 18 feet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christos_Papanikolaou_1966.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1941-11-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.538589333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "كريستوس پاپانيكولاو"
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    title: "Christos Papanikolaou"
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    title: "Christos Papanikolaou"
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    title: "Χρήστος Παπανικολάου"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christos_Papanikolaou"
    title: "Christos Papanikolaou"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christos_Papanikolaou"
    title: "Christos Papanikolaou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%ADstos_Papanikol%C3%A1ou"
    title: "Chrístos Papanikoláou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chrístos Papanikoláou"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christos_Papanikolaou"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump