Athanasios Vouros Explained

Athanasios Vouros (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αθανάσιος Βούρος) was a Greek fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1] He was born in Athens.

Vouros competed in the foil event. He placed second of four in his preliminary group after winning his match against Georgios Balakakis, losing to Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, and winning by forfeit against Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis. Because he had only won one actual bout, Vouros was considered to have won fourth place behind Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, who had placed second in his preliminary group but had won two bouts without forfeits.[2] However, nowadays appears as having won also the third place and a bronze medal.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Athanasios Vouros . https://web.archive.org/web/20161204035903/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/athanasios-vouros-1.html . dead . 4 December 2016 . 31 March 2010.
  2. Web site: Athanasios Vouros . Olympedia . 21 December 2020.
  3. Web site: IOC . Athens 1896 foil individual men Results - Olympic fencing . 8 August 2021 . Olympics.com . en.