More than 100 “Olympians” after their career in sports followed a career in Sciences, Art and Letters. Among the 1.604 athletes who had the opportunity and the honor to participate in Olympic Games (1896 – 2012) there are 106 athletes who built a professional career in the highest educational level....
The Greek Athletes At The Olympic Games
1896 ATHENS 146 1900 PARIS 4 1904 SAINT LOUIS 18 1906 ATHENS 378 1908 LONDON 20 1912 STOCKHOLM 34 1920 ANTWERP 52 1924 PARIS 44 1928 AMSTERDAM 24 1932 LOS ANGELES 10 1936 BERLIN 41 1948 LONDON 60 1952 HELSINKI 53 1956 MELBOURNE 12 1960 ROMA 49 1964 TOKYO 19...
Total Greek Olympic Medals
TOTAL GREEK OLYMPIC MEDALS (MEN – WOMEN 1896 – 2012) GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL ATHLETICS (Track and Field) 7 15 15 37 SHOOTING 5 7 7 19 GYMNASTICS 6 7 5 18 WEICHTLIFTING 7 5 4 16 WRESTLING 1 3 7 11 TENNIS 1 5 4 10 FENCING 3 3...
The Prominent Greek Olympic Gold Medalists
by George Liveris Of our 31 Olympic Gold Medalists (1896 – 2008), there are 12 who should be regarded as the most prominent. Not because their first success was followed by others, but especially for two other reasons: Firstly, because their victory was of international importance. So it was not...
Avery Brundage In 1970 Athens
An article by George Liveris that talked about the arrival in Athens of the President of the International Olympic Committee, the American Avery Brundage, as well as his views on the subject of the Olympic Games in Athens, was published in the newspaper “Athletic Echo” of 3/10/1970. As it is...
10 Olympian High Priestessees Through 76 Years Of Torch Relay
By George Liveris The igniting of the Olympic Flame in Ancient Olympia and the Torch Relay first began in 1936 with the Olympic Games of Berlin, but the idea was located in the mind of the young Carl Diem 30 years ago from the time he was a student. In...
The Substantial Greek Contribution To The Modern Olympic Movement
Greek supporters played an essential role in the Revival of the Olympic Games. Right after the liberation of 1821 the Greeks’ first concern was the restoration of the Olympic Games. We owe a lot to Evangelos and Konstantinos Zappas of Northern Epirus thanks to whose massive sponsorship were held the...
London Hosts Once More The Olympic Games
or the third time London hosts the Olympic Games. They were preceded by the Olympic events of 1908 and 1948. The differences and the evolvement is apparent by the competing nations and the female athletes. In 1908 there were 22 competing nations and a total of 37 female athletes. In...
One Hundred Years History From A Gold Medal And A Death
IN MEMORY OF KOSTIS TSIKLITIRAS The V Olympic Games were held in Stockholm between the 24th of June and the 27th of July of 1912 and the 24 years old Kostis Tsiklitiras from Pilos won the Gold Medal in Standing Jump (with 3.37m.). It was his 4th consecutive Olympic Medal....
Greek Tennis Players At The Olympic Games
The Irish John Pius Bolant was a student at Oxford when he invited a Greek friend, Thrasybulus Manaos to speak at the University of the Olympic Games of 1896 in Athens, as they had just been announced. Then he came to Athens to attend the Games. In a friendly dinner...