Christos Volikakis

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Christos Volikakis

Personal information
Full name	Christos Volikakis
Born	(1988-03-25) 25 March 1988 (age 36) Volos, Greece
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter (2005–2016), Endurance (2016–today)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Greece World Championships 2008 Manchester Keirin European Championships 2011 Apeldoorn Keirin 2016 Yvelines Elimination 2019 Apeldoorn Scratch 2012 Panevėžys Sprint European Games Minsk 2019 Scratch Race Minsk 2019 Points Race

Christos Volikakis (Greek: 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.^[1]

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 (speed, team sprint and team pursuit^{[clarification needed]}) and won a title on the road (team time trial).

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.^[2]

He won the gold medal in keirin at the UCI Track World Cup 2011–2012 in Astana, Kazakhstan.^[3]

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.^[2] He competed in the same event at the 2016 Olympics.^[4]

On 15 March 2024 cyclist Christos Volikakis was informed of an Adverse Analytical Finding on a re-analysis of a sample from the 2016 Rio Olympics. The athlete has since requested a analysis of the B sample.^[5]

• Christos Volikakis at Cycling Archives (archived)
• "The HERAKLION KASTRO – MURCIA TEAM website". Archived from the original on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2018.