Georgios Paraskevopoulos ( el, Γεώργιος Παρασκευόπουλος) was a Greek cyclist. He participated 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 ...

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 ...

. Paraskevopoulos competed in the 12 hour race and the road race. According to the data provided by the official website of the Olympic Games, Paraskevopoulos did not finish the 12 hour race and there is no third winner. However, according to the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Paraskevopoulos did finish, and therefore is recognised by HOC as bronze medalist, having completed 940 laps of the

Neo Phaliron Velodrome The Neo Phaliron Velodrome (New Phaleron) was a velodrome and sports arena in the Neo Faliro District of Piraeus, Greece, used for the cycling events at the Athens 1896 Summer Olympics.Quote from page 194/241: ''The bicycle match took place in the ...

. This is supported by a short article in a Greek newspaper on the following day. In the road race, Paraskevopoulos was not among the top three out of the seven cyclists to compete.

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* * Year of birth missing Year of death missing Greek male cyclists Cyclists at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Olympic cyclists for Greece Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{Greece-cycling-bio-stub