Spyridon Athanasopoulos Explained

Spyridon Athanasopoulos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σπυρίδων Αθανασόπουλος) was a Greek gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Athanasopoulos was the team leader of the Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos team that placed second of the three teams in the event, giving him a silver medal.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sotirios Athanasopoulos . databaseOlympics.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20070820095825/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ATHANSOT01 . 20 August 2007.
2. Web site: Official Report 1896 page 199 . 22 June 2023 . . 199 of the file, 79 of the second part.