Athanasios Vouros was a Greek fencer. 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

. Vouros competed in the foil event. He placed second of four in his preliminary group after winning his match against Georgios Balakakis, losing to

Eugène-Henri Gravelotte Eugène-Henri Gravelotte (6 February 1876 – 23 August 1939) was a French fencer. He was the first modern Olympic champion in foil and first French gold medalist, winning the event at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Pari ...

, and winning by forfeit against Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis. Because he had only won one actual bout, Vouros was considered to have won fourth place behind Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, who had placed second in his preliminary group but had won two bouts without forfeits. However, nowadays appears as having won also the third place and a bronze medal.

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* Year of birth missing Year of death missing Fencers at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Olympic fencers of Greece Greek male fencers Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Athens Place of death missing {{Greece-fencing-bio-stub