Konstantinos Skarlatos Explained

Konstantinos Skarlatos

Native Name:

Κωνσταντίνος Σκαρλάτος

Nationality:

Greek

Birth Date:

17 March 1872

Birth Place:

Nafpaktos, Greece

Death Date:

Death Place:

Athens, Greece

Alma Mater:

Hellenic Military Academy

Country:

Greece

Sport:

Sports shooting

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Battles:	Greco-Turkish War (1897) Balkan Wars First Balkan War Second Balkan War

Konstantinos Skarlatos (el|Κωνσταντίνος Σκαρλάτος, 17 March 1872 - 1969) was a Hellenic Army officer who reached the rank of Lieutenant General. He also competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics as a sport shooter.^[1] ^[2]

Military career

He was born in 1872 at Vitolitsa near Nafpaktos. He entered the Hellenic Military Academy and graduated in July 1892 as an artillery second lieutenant. He fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Balkan Wars, and the Asia Minor Campaign. From 1921 to 1922, he served as Commander of the Military Academy and retired as lieutenant general.^[3]

Olympic record

1906 Athens

In the 1906 Summer Olympics, he participated in the following events:

30 m duelling pistol - first place
20 m duelling pistol - fourth place
50 m pistol - fourth place
25 m rapid fire pistol - 15th place
20 m army pistol (1873 model) - 17th place

1912 Stockholm

Six years later at the 1912 Summer Olympics he participated in the following events:

Team 50 metre military pistol - fifth place
Team 30 metre military pistol - fifth place
30 metre rapid fire pistol - 27th place
50 metre pistol - 30th place

Notes and References

Web site: Konstantinos Skarlatos . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082030/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sk/konstantinos-skarlatos-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 8 November 2014 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Konstantinos Skarlatos . Olympedia . 1 June 2021.
el:Η Συμβολή των Ε.Δ. στους Β' Διεθνείς Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες, Αθήναι 1906 . Στρατιωτική Επιθεώρηση . Kakoudakis . Ioannis . Greek . Hellenic Army General Staff . 4/2004 . 2004 . http://www.army.gr/files/File/epitheorisi/200404_%CE%A3%CE%A5%CE%9C%CE%92%CE%9F%CE%9B%CE%97%20%CE%95.%CE%94.%20%CE%A3%CE%A4%CE%9F%CE%A5%CE%A3%20%CE%92%CE%84%CE%9F%CE%9B%CF%85%CE%9C%CE%A0%CE%99%CE%91%CE%9A%CE%9F%CE%A5%CE%A3%20%CE%91%CE%93%CE%A9%CE%9D%CE%95%CE%A3%201906.pdf.