Nikolaos Syllas | |
Birth Date: | 30 November 1914 |
Birth Place: | Chios, Voreio Aigaio, Greece |
Death Date: | 16 August 1986 (aged 71) |
Death Place: | Chios, Voreio Aigaio, Greece |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Discus |
Club: | Panhiakos / Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos |
Nikolaos Syllas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Νικόλαος Σύλλας; 30 November 1914 – 16 August 1986) was a Greek athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, in the 1948 Summer Olympics, and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Chios.[1] At the 1952 edition he was flag bearer for Greece.[2] [3]
Outside the Olympics he was a silver medallist at the 1951 Mediterranean Games behind Italy's Giuseppe Tosi (an Olympic medallist).[4] He was also a three-time participant for Greece at the European Athletics Championships, competing 1934, 1946 and 1950.
Syllas won two discus throw titles (1937 and 1939) at the prestigious AAA Championships.[5]