Georgios Grigoriou ( el, Γεώργιος Γρηγορίου, born 1871, date of death unknown) was a Greek

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

. He was born in Sozopol, which was then in the Ottoman Empire but would become part of the

Principality of Bulgaria The Principality of Bulgaria ( bg, Княжество България, Knyazhestvo Balgariya) was a vassal state under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire. It was established by the Treaty of Berlin in 1878. After the Russo-Turkish War ende ...

when it was formed in 1878. 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 ...

. Grigoriou was one of 17 athletes to start the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

race. He was one of the seven runners that dropped out of the race.

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* 1871 births Year of death missing Greek male marathon runners Greek male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Date of birth missing Place of death missing People from Sozopol People from the Principality of Bulgaria {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub