Ioannis Theodoropoulos ( el, Ιωάννης Θεοδωρόπουλος) was a

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

er. 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

Evrytania Evrytania ( el, Ευρυτανία, ; Latin: ''Eurytania'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Karpenisi (approx. 8,000 inhabitants). Geography Evrytania is almost entirely formed ...

. Theodoropoulos competed in the pole vault. He tied with fellow Greek

Evangelos Damaskos Evangelos Damaskos ( el, Ευάγγελος Δαμάσκος) was a Greek pole vaulter. He was born in Acharnes, Athens, Greece. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Damaskos competed in the pole vault. He tied with fellow Greek I ...

for third place in the event, with a height of 2.60 metres.

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* Year of birth missing Year of death missing Greek male pole vaulters Olympic athletes of Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Olympic bronze medalists for Greece People from Evrytania Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Place of death missing Sportspeople from Central Greece 19th-century Greek people {{Greece-Olympic-medalist-stub