The official birthday of Yiannis Kouros is February 13^th, however, his exact date of birth may be February 11^th or 12^th, 1956.

The year 2008 saw Yiannis’ 25^th year on the top of the ultra-running world. Since his first ultra victory in September 1983, which virtually separated him by the distance of the classical marathon from the rest of the field, Yiannis has left his footprints in all five inhabited continents, breaking and setting an unbelievable number of world records.

When reminded of his long period of succes, Yiannis commented, "I realize that a quarter of a century is dedicated to Ultra-running with many sacrifices...effort, pain, happiness and disappointments (luckily a few) and many-many memories..."

Last year Yiannis won six ultra races, three of which top the 48-hour rankings. (See table below.)

Yiannis’ goals include both athletic and cultural feats. In addition to breaking his own existing world records in 200 kilometers, 24 hours, 48 hours, 6 days, and 1000 miles, as an Ambassador of Hellenism, he is also planning to complete a trans-continental run from Athens to London to return the Parthenon marbles.

World Top 48-Hour Performances (in kilometers) on the Track, Road, Indoor Track, and Treadmill in 2008 by Men
1	Yiannis Kouros	GRE	433.095	Road	May 23^rd to 25^th	Bornholm DEN
2	Yiannis Kouros	GRE	422.630	Road	May 2^nd to 4^th	Gols AUT
3	Yiannis Kouros	GRE	408.010	Indoor	March 28^th to 30^th	Brno CZE
4	Tony Mangan	IRL	405.220	Treadmill	August 22^nd to 24^th	Longford IRL
5	Wolfgang Schwerk	GER	402.000	Road	Mar 23^rd to 25^th (7D split)	Athens GRE
6	Ryoichi Sekiya	JPN	401.416	Track	May 16^th to 18^th	Surgeres FRA
7	Martin Fryer	AUS	393.504	Track	August 27^th to 29^th	Caboolture QLD AUS