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Charilaos Vasilakos

1877 - 1964

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Charilaos Vasilakos (Greek: Χαρίλαος Βασιλάκος, November 1875 – 1 December 1964) was a Greek athlete and the first man to win a marathon race. He also won a silver medal for a second place finish in marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charilaos Vasilakos is the 1,754th most popular athlete (down from 170th in 2019), the 824th most popular biography from Greece (down from 543rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charilaos Vasilakos ranks 1,754 out of 6,025. Before him are Erich Herrmann, Jerome Biffle, Paul Drayton, Garrett Serviss, Wolfgang Mager, and Ross Collinge. After him are Ivan Kizimov, Leni Schmidt, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Zygmunt Chychła, Folke Alnevik, and Bill Hobbs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Charilaos Vasilakos ranks 181. Before him are Karel Absolon, Lloyd C. Douglas, Bill Robinson, Marsden Hartley, Ruurd Leegstra, and Norman Pritchard. After him are Claire McDowell, Tom Crean, Šatrijos Ragana, Tom Thomson, Albino Jara, and Hermann Martens. Among people deceased in 1964, Charilaos Vasilakos ranks 191. Before him are Adele Goldstine, Lars Christensen, Charles Bouvier, Edward Van Sloan, Johnny Burnette, and Ernest Hamilton. After him are Josef Šroubek, Anna J. Cooper, Milton Margai, Nella Larsen, Norman Z. McLeod, and Luciano Savorini.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Charilaos Vasilakos ranks 825 out of 1,024. Before him are Theodoros Pangalos (1938), Thanasis Antetokounmpo (1992), Benizelos Roufos (1795), Leonidas Kavakos (1967), Giorgos Koudas (1946), and Evripidis Bakirtzis (1895). After him are Philaenis (-250), Dimitris Avramopoulos (1953), Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947), Thomas Mavros (1954), Demophilus of Constantinople (null), and Robert Kagan (1958).

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Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Charilaos Vasilakos ranks 22. Before him are Bilistiche (-250), Miltiadis Gouskos (1877), Georgios Papasideris (1875), Perikles Kakousis (1879), Alexandros Chalkokondylis (1880), and Archon of Pella (-400). After him are Spyridon Belokas (1878), Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (1968), Konstantinos Kenteris (1973), Ekaterini Thanou (1975), Niki Bakoyianni (1968), and Hrysopiyi Devetzi (1976).

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