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Konstantinos Tsiklitiras

1888 - 1913

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Konstantinos "Kostis" Tsiklitiras (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κωστής" Τσικλητήρας; 30 October 1888 – 10 February 1913) was a Greek athlete and Olympic champion. Born in Pylos, he moved to Athens in 1905 to study medicine. Tsiklitiras soon took up sports and joined Panellinios GS. He practised football with Panellinios and Panathinaikos (he was the first goalkeeper of Panathinaikos) and water polo, but is best remembered for winning four Olympic medals in standing long jump and standing high jump in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He was Greek champion 19 times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras is the 436th most popular athlete (down from 304th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Greece (down from 631st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras ranks 436 out of 6,025. Before him are Renate Boy, George Parker, Alfred Schmidt, Nam Sung-yong, Giancarlo Ferrari, and Walther Katzenstein. After him are Vilho Tuulos, Aleksandra Chudina, Johanna Klier, Hugo Lahtinen, Camila, and Erik Adlerz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras ranks 148. Before him are Sydney Chapman, Vahram Papazian, Michał Sopoćko, Roger Ducret, Florence Lee, and Milán Füst. After him are Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Beulah Louise Henry, Barry Fitzgerald, Frances Marion, Ralph Hartley, and Jinichi Kusaka. Among people deceased in 1913, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras ranks 66. Before him are Seth Carlo Chandler, Felix Draeseke, Léon Teisserenc de Bort, Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Heinrich Martin Weber, and Étienne Laspeyres. After him are Hugo Winckler, Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Louis Hémon, Walter Rutherford, Johannes Linnankoski, and Camille Lemonnier.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras ranks 646 out of 1,024. Before him are Panagiotis Pavlidis (1900), Anaxidamus (-650), Alberto Savinio (1891), Stephanos Christopoulos (1876), Sakis Rouvas (1962), and Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902). After him are Stylianos Gonatas (1876), Angelos Charisteas (1980), Nikos Beloyannis (1915), Antiphanes (-388), Dinostratus (-390), and Ioannis Malokinis (1880).

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Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras ranks 10. Before him are Coroebus of Elis (-800), Theagenes of Thasos (-500), Alexandre Tuffère (1876), Stamata Revithi (1866), Dimitrios Golemis (1874), and Evangelos Damaskos (1801). After him are Sotirios Versis (1876), Ioannis Theodoropoulos (1900), Yiannis Kouros (1956), Ioannis Persakis (1877), Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos (1875), and Bilistiche (-250).

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