Vlasios Maras

Vlasios Maras (Greek: Βλάσης Μάρας, born 31 March 1983 in Athens) is a Greek gymnast.

Vlasios Maras
Maras with his bronze medal from the 2015 European Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Greece
Born	(1983-03-31) 31 March 1983
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  Greece World Championships 2001 Ghent Horizontal Bar 2002 Debrecen Horizontal Bar 2006 Aarhus Horizontal Bar European Games 2015 Baku Horizontal Bar European Championships 2002 Patras Horizontal Bar 2004 Ljubljana Horizontal Bar 2006 Volos Horizontal Bar 2009 Milan Horizontal Bar 2010 Birmingham Horizontal Bar 2008 Lausanne Horizontal Bar 2012 Montpellier Horizontal Bar 2015 Montpellier Horizontal Bar

In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was a favorite in the horizontal bar competition but failed to qualify for the final after finishing 13th in the qualification round.[1] He competed in the horizontal bar event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as well, but finished in 38th place in qualifying and did not advance to the final.[2]

Maras is a two-time world champion on horizontal bar and a five-time European champion. He was named the 2009 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.