Georgios Koletis ( el, Γεώργιος Κολέτης) was a Greek cyclist. 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 ...

in Athens, winning a silver medal.

Career

Koletis competed in the 10 and 100 kilometres races. He finished second in the 100 kilometres, behind Léon Flameng of France. Koletis and Flameng were the only two to finish. When Flameng crossed the finish line, Koletis had completed 289 of the 300 laps required. In the 10 kilometres race, Koletis quit after 7 kilometres due to injuries sustained by colliding with countryman

Aristidis Konstantinidis Aristidis Konstantinidis ( el, Αριστείδης Κωνσταντινίδης) was a Greek racing cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Olympic success in 1896 Konstantinidis competed in the 10 kilometres, 100 kilometre ...

two-thirds of the way through the race.

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* Year of birth missing Year of death missing Greek male cyclists Greek track cyclists Cyclists at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Olympic cyclists of Greece Olympic silver medalists for Greece Place of birth missing Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Place of death missing 19th-century Greek people {{Greece-Olympic-medalist-stub