Konstantinos Filippidis (Greek:Κωνσταντίνος Φιλιππίδης; born 26 November 1986 inCholargos) is a former Greekpole vaulter. He won the gold medal at the2014 World Indoor Championships and the silver medal at the2017 European Indoor Championships. He took the sixth place at the2012 Olympic Games in London.

Konstantinos Filippidis

Konstantinos Filippidis in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1986-11-26)November 26, 1986 (age 38) Cholargos,Athens, Greece
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Track and field
Event	Pole vault
Club	Panellinios G.S.
Achievements and titles
Personalbest	5.91m (outdoor) [ (2015)5.85m (indoor) (2017,2018)
Medal record World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot Pole vault European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade Pole vault European Team Championships 2015 Heraklion Pole Vault Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Pole vault Universiade 2005 Izmir Pole vault European Junior Championships 2005 Kaunas Pole Vault

He was successful at the junior level, finishing fourth at both the2003 World Youth Championships and the2004 World Junior Championships and winning a silver medal at the2005 European Junior Championships. In the same year, he won the silver medal at the2005 Summer Universiade with a personal best jump of 5.75 metres. He also competed at the2005 World Championships and the2006 European Athletics Championships without qualifying for the final.

In 2007 Filippidis was found guilty ofetilephrine doping. The sample was delivered on 16 June 2007 in an in-competition test at the national athletics championships. He received an IAAF suspension from July 2007 to July 2009. He then successfully applied for a reduction in his ineligibility period and subsequently he was eligible to resume competition from the 16th of February 2009.^[1]

After his comeback in 2010, he improved his personal best and the national indoor record (5.70 m) and later took 4th place in the2010 World Indoor Championships.

The following year he started the season with another national indoor record (5.72 m) and also reached the final of the2011 European Indoor Championships, taking the 5th place. During the summer season, he took third place at theIAAF Diamond League in Paris with 5.68 m, second place with 5.72 m in the meeting atJockgrim and won the Greek National Championship with a vault of 5.73 m. At the2011 World Championships, he improved his season's best and took the 6th place with a vault of 5.75m, equaling his 2005 Greek record.^[2]

In the 2012 indoor season, Filippidis again broke the Greek national record with a vault of 5.75 m, while in the2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul he once again reached the final, taking 7th place. Later on that summer, he was again 7th at the final of the2012 Summer Olympics in London. After the Games, he twice improved the Greek record (first to 5.76 m and then finally to 5.80 m).

On 2013 Filippídis took the first place in the World Challenge inBerlin. He managed a vault 5.70 metres on his third attempt.

Konstantinos Filippídis took the first place in the2014 World Indoor Championships inSopot. The Greek champion progressed through the final with no failures until the winning height of 5.80m, winning the world indoor title with a season’s best.

¹No mark in the final

• List of doping cases in athletics

• Konstantinos Filippidis atWorld Athletics 
• Konstantinos Filippidis atWorld Athletics 
• Konstantinos Filippidis atOlympedia 
• Konstantinos Filippidis atOlympics.com