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Coroebus of Elis

800 BC - 800 BC

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Coroebus of Elis (Ancient Greek: Κόροιβος Ἠλεῖος, Kóroibos Ēleîos; Latin: Coroebus Eleus fl. c. 776 BC) was a Greek cook, baker, and athlete from Elis. He is remembered as the winner (ολυμπιονίκες, olympioníkes) of the first recorded Olympics, which consisted of a single footrace known as the stade or stadion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Coroebus of Elis is the 82nd most popular athlete (down from 57th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from Greece (down from 363rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Coroebus of Elis ranks 82 out of 6,025. Before him are Glenn Davis, Gustav Flatow, Godfrey Brown, Charles Moore, Mark Phillips, and Ole Einar Bjørndalen. After him are Marta, Matti Järvinen, Wilma Rudolph, Zara Tindall, Dora Ratjen, and Alberto Juantorena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800 BC, Coroebus of Elis ranks 28. Before him are Tarpeia, Duke Huan of Qi, Naqi'a, Zechariah of Israel, Shebitku, and Rusa II. After him are Theopompus of Sparta, Ashur-nirari V, Rusa I, Argishti II, Takelot III, and Bel-ibni. Among people deceased in 800 BC, Coroebus of Elis ranks 11. Before him are Coenus of Macedon, Shabaka, Tarpeia, Shammuramat, Bakenranef, and Tefnakht. After him are Pami, Nabu-mukin-zeri, Ben-Hadad III, Osorkon IV, Nabu-suma-ukin II, and Eriba-Marduk.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Coroebus of Elis ranks 391 out of 1,024. Before him are Alexandros Panagoulis (1939), Cleombrotus (-600), Dionysius of Corinth (150), Campaspe (-400), Demosthenes (-412), and Archidamus III (-350). After him are Aristobulus of Cassandreia (-375), Cyril Lucaris (1572), Demaratus of Corinth (-700), Stavros Niarchos (1909), Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (1954), and Simeon Uroš (1326).

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Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Coroebus of Elis ranks 4. Before him are Spyridon Louis (1873), Georgios Roubanis (1929), and Leonidas of Rhodes (-200). After him are Theagenes of Thasos (-500), Alexandre Tuffère (1876), Stamata Revithi (1866), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), Evangelos Damaskos (1801), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Sotirios Versis (1876), and Ioannis Theodoropoulos (1900).

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