Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος Ανδριακόπουλος; 1878 in Patras – after 1896) was a Greek gymnast. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi.[1]
| Nikolaos Andriakopoulos | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Andriakopoulos in 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1878 Patras, Greece | |||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Greece | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olympics performances
editAndriakopoulos competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics, Athens, in the rope climbing event. He and countryman Thomas Xenakis were the only two out of the five entrants to climb all the way to the top of the 14 meter rope. Andriakopoulos finished in 23.4 seconds, defeating Xenakis to claim the gold medal. This would be the last Greek gold medal in gymnastics until Ioannis Melissanidis won gold in the floor exercise in 1996.
He also entered the team parallel bars event. In that competition, Andriakopoulos was a member of the Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos team that placed second in the event, giving him an Olympic silver medal.[2]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nikolaos Andriakopoulos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Nikolaos Andriakopoulos". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
Further reading
edit- Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1], 10 MB)
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