Stamatios Nikolopoulos Explained

Stamatios Nikolopoulos was a Greek racing cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens winning two silver medals.[1]

Nikolopoulos competed in the 333 metres and the 2 kilometres races, placing second in each to Frenchman Paul Masson. Nikolopoulos's time in the 2 kilometres was 5:00.2. He tied with Adolf Schmal for second at 26.0 seconds in the initial race of the 333 metres, and defeated Schmal in a race-off to take second place to himself. His time in the race-off was 25.4 seconds.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Stamatios Nikolopoulos . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235837/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/stamatios-nikolopoulos-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Stamatios Nikolopoulos . . 21 December 2020.