28 October 1971 (1971-10-28) (age 52) Korçë, Albania[1]
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing Albania
European Championships
1989 Athens
– 56 kg
Representing Greece
Summer Olympics
1996 Atlanta
– 59 kg
2000 Sydney
– 62 kg
World Championships
1995 Guangzhou
– 59 kg
1998 Lahti
– 62 kg
1999 Athens
– 62 kg
European Championships
1996 Stavanger
– 59 kg
1997 Rijeka
– 59 kg
1998 Riesa
– 62 kg
1999 La Coruña
– 62 kg
2002 Antalya
– 62 kg
Leonidas Sabanis (Greek: Λεωνίδας Σαμπάνης, Albanian: Luan Shabani; born 28 October 1971), sometimes spelled Leonidas Sampanis, is a Greek retired[2] weightlifter, born in southern Albania, who represented Greece in 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He has also been a World Champion representing Greece. He was named the 1998 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.
^Hē doxa tou athlētismou : hē historia tou Hellēnikou athlētismou kai hoi diethneis tou epitychies. [Dēmos Athēnaiōn]: Politismikou Organismou tou Dēmou Athēnaiōn. 2002. p. 10. ISBN 9789607401526. Retrieved 4 November 2021. Ο Λεωνίδας Σαμπάνης γεννήθηκε ανήμερα της εθνικής επετείου της 28ης Οκτωβρίου το 1971 στην Κορυτσά της Βόρειας Ηπείρου
^"ANT1-Radio". hri.org. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
LeonidasSabanis (Greek: Λεωνίδας Σαμπάνης, Albanian: Luan Shabani; born 28 October 1971), sometimes spelled Leonidas Sampanis, is a Greek retired weightlifter...
following changes in medal standings occurred: Greek weightlifter LeonidasSabanis was the first, losing his bronze medal in the men's 62 kg competition...
European Cup for nations (in Antalya, Turkey, December 1990) Dimas, LeonidasSabanis and Fatmir Bushi helped Albania rank 2nd in Europe (after 1st placed...
weightlifters were disqualified for doping, amongst them Greek star LeonidasSabanis, who had won two silver medals in previous Olympics and who had originally...
Halil Mutlu Turkey 1996 Atlanta 20 July 1996 59 kg Snatch 137.5 kg LeonidasSabanis Greece 1996 Atlanta 21 July 1996 Clean & Jerk 170.0 kg Tang Lingsheng...
1989) Leonidas Kokas (born 1973) Viktor Mitrou (born 1973) Ymer Pampuri (1944–2017) Hysen Pulaku (born 1992) Erkand Qerimaj (born 1988) LeonidasSabanis (born...
religion and spoke Greek in commercial dealing or at church." Kallivretakis, Leonidas (1995). "Η ελληνική κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το πρίσμα της ιστορικής...
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