Ioannis Georgiadis Explained

Birth Place:Tripoli, Greece
Death Place:Athens, Greece
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Ioannis Georgiadis (29 March 1876 – 17 May 1960[1]) was a Greek fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 1906 Intercalated Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[2]

In 1896 Georgiadis competed in the men's sabre event. In the five-man, round-robin tournament, Georgiadis won all four of his matches. He defeated Georgios Iatridis, Adolf Schmal, Telemachos Karakalos, and Holger Nielsen in succession to win first place.[3]

Georgiadis later became Professor of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Notes and References

  1. http://retrosport.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/ceb5cebbceb5cf85ceb8ceb5cf81ceafceb1-18-cebcceb1ceafcebfcf85-1960.jpg Death notice
  2. Ioannis Georgiadis . 26 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120130071413/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/ioannis-georgiadis-1.html . 30 January 2012.
  3. Web site: Ioannis Georgiadis . Olympedia . 21 December 2020.