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Haris Papadopoulos
Personal information
Nationality	Cyprus
Born	26 October 1983 (age 41)
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Laser, Finn
Club	Famagusta Nautical Club

Haris Papadopoulos (Greek: Χάρης Παπαδόπουλος; born 26 October 1983) is a Cypriot dinghy sailor, who specialized in the Laser and Finn classes.^[1] As of October 2012, he is ranked no. 50 in the world for the Finn class by the International Sailing Federation.

Papadopoulos made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed twenty-eighth out of forty-two sailors in the open laser class by one point shorter of his record from Canada's Bernard Luttmer, attaining a net score of 244.

Four years after competing in his last Olympics, Papadopoulos qualified for his second Cypriot team, as a 24-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by finishing twenty-ninth from the Finn Gold Cup in Melbourne, Australia.^[2] He placed twenty-second in the preliminary races of the open Finn class, by three points larger of his record from Ireland's Tim Goodbody, with a net score of 115 points.^[3]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Haris Papadopoulos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
^ McKenzie, Corinne (23 January 2008). "Slater rules day one at Finn Gold Cup". Sail World. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
^ "Men's Finn". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2013.