marios evangelou (; born may 8, 1981 in thessaloniki) is a retired greek pole vaulter. he was selected to compete for the host nation greece's largest olympic team in the men's pole vault at the 2004 summer olympics, and also trained as a member of the athletics squad for the sport club panathinaikos. in june 2004, evangelou demolished a national record at 5.62 m to win the title from the greek championships at the olympic stadium in athens.