Angelos Fetsis ( el, Άγγελος Φέτσης, born 1878, date of death unknown) was a

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. He competed at the

1896 Summer Olympics The 1896 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, Agónes tis 1is Ol ...

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

. He was born in

Lefkada Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas ( Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of G ...

. Fetsis competed in the 800 metres event. He placed either fourth or fifth in his preliminary heat, though records do not indicate whether he was ahead or behind countryman

Dimitrios Tomprof Dimitrios Tomprof (March 5, 1878 - ?) was a Greek athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Tomprof, of Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire, placed either fourth or fifth in his preliminary heat of the 800 metres, though records do not ...

. Neither advanced to the finals, however, as a second-place finish was required for advancement. He also competed in the 1500 metres event. He placed in the bottom half of the eight runners who took part in the single race of the event, though his exact placing is unclear.

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* 1878 births Year of death missing Greek male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen People from Lefkada Date of death unknown Sportspeople from the Ionian Islands (region) {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub