Dimitrios written also as Demetrius Emmanuel ( el, Δημήτριος Εμμανουήλ) Kasdaglis written also as Casdagli(s) ( el, Κάσδαγλης), (10 October 1872 in

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– 6 July 1931 in

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) was a

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ian

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player. He competed in 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 ...

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and the

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, also in Athens. In certain sources his first name has been erroneously cited as Dionysios ( el, Διονύσιος).

Career

Kasdaglis was born in Kersal Hill,

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, was domiciled in

but according to the official bulletin he participated as a member of the Greek team. He made it to the finals in both the singles and doubles events. In the singles, he defeated Defert of

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in the first round,

Konstantinos Akratopoulos Konstantinos Akratopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Ακρατόπουλος) was a Greek tennis player. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Akratopoulos had a bye in the first round of the singles tournament. He met Dio ...

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in the second, and Momcsilló Tapavicza of

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in the semifinals before facing

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of Great Britain and Ireland in the final. Boland proved the better player, and Kasdaglis finished second. The medal is credited to Kasdaglis as a Greek by the

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. For the doubles tournament, Kasdaglis paired with

Demetrios Petrokokkinos Demetrios Stephen Petrokokkinos ( el, Δημήτριος Πετροκόκκινος, 17 April 1878 in Ilford (registered at birth in England as Demetrius Stephen Petrocochino) – 10 May 1942 in Cape Town) was a Greek tennis player. He ...

in a team which nowadays is considered a Greek team.They defeated another pair of Greeks,

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and

Evangelos Rallis Evangelos Rallis (Greek: Ευάγγελος Ράλλης) was a Greek tennis player. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Rallis defeated fellow Greek Demetrios Petrokokkinos in the first round of the singles tournament. In the ...

, in the first round and the British/

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n pair of

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and

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in the semifinals. In the final, Kasdaglis again faced Boland, this time paired with

Friedrich Traun Friedrich Adolf "Fritz" Traun (29 March 1876 – 11 July 1908) was a German athlete and tennis player. Born into a wealthy family, he participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in men's doubles. He committed suicide afte ...

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. Kasdaglis and Petrokokkinos lost that match to give Kasdaglis his second silver medal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasdaglis, Dionysios 1872 births 1931 deaths 19th-century Egyptian people 19th-century male tennis players Egyptian male tennis players Egyptian people of Greek descent Greek male tennis players Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Greece Olympic silver medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in tennis Sportspeople from Salford Tennis players at the 1896 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1906 Intercalated Games People from the City of Salford