Christos Volikakis

Christos Volikakis (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.

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 (speed, team sprint and team pursuit) 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.

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.

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.

Greek Championship

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

Balkan Open

 * 1) 2007   Gold medal blank.svg in Athens Open Balkan Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite/U23, Greece, Athens (GRE)  + Athanasios Mantzouranis, Panagiotis Voukelatos,
 * 2) 2007   Silver medal blank.svg in Athens Open Balkan Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite/U23, Greece, Athens (GRE)
 * 3) 2007   Gold medal blank.svg in Athens Open Balkan Championship, TracKeirin, Elite/U23, Greece, Athens (GRE)

European Juniors/U23 Championship

 * 1) 2005   Silver medal blank.svg in European Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Fiorenzuola
 * 2) 2006   Silver medal blank.svg in European Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Athens
 * 3) 2006   6th in European Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Athens
 * 4) 2006   9th in European Championship, Track, Scratch Race, Juniors, Athens
 * 5) 2007   4th in European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Cottbuss
 * 6) 2008   4th in European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Pruszków
 * 7) 2009   Bronze medal blank.svg in European Championship, Track, Keirin, U23, Minsk

World Grand Prix

 * 1) 2011   Bronze medal blank.svg in Dudenhofen, Keirin (GER)
 * 2) 2011   Gold medal blank.svg in Moscow, Keirin (RUS)
 * 3) 2011   Gold medal blank.svg in Mos, Sprint (RUS)

European Elite Championship

 * 1) 2011   Silver medal blank.svg in European Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, Apeldoorn

UCI World Cup Classics

 * 1) 2008   Silver medal blank.svg in Los Angeles, Keirin (USA)
 * 2) 2008   5th in Sydney, Keirin (AUS)
 * 3) 2010   4th in Melbourne, Keirin (AUS)
 * 4) 2010   8th in Cali, Keirin (COL)
 * 5) 2011   Gold medal blank.svg in Astana, Keirin (KAZ)

UCI World Championships

 * 1) 2005   Gold medal blank.svg 1st Arc en ciel.svg World Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Wien
 * 2) 2006   Bronze medal blank.svg in World Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Juniors, Gent
 * 3) 2006   6th in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Gent
 * 4) 2008   Bronze medal blank.svg in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite
 * 5) 2009   8th in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, Pruszków
 * 6) 2010   13th in World Championship, Track, Team Sprint, Elite, København
 * 7) 2010   13th in World Championship, Track, Keirin, Elite, København
 * 8) 2010   36th in World Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, København