Konstantinos Skarlatos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Σκαρλάτος, 17 March 1872 – 1969) was a

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officer who reached the rank of

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. He also competed in the

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and in the 1912 Summer Olympics as a

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Military career

He was born in 1872 at Vitolitsa near

Nafpaktos Nafpaktos ( el, Ναύπακτος) is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos. It is named for Naupaktos (, Latini ...

. He entered the

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and graduated in July 1892 as an artillery second lieutenant. He fought in the

Greco-Turkish War of 1897 The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 or the Ottoman-Greek War of 1897 ( or ), also called the Thirty Days' War and known in Greece as the Black '97 (, ''Mauro '97'') or the Unfortunate War ( el, Ατυχής πόλεμος, Atychis polemos), was a w ...

, the Balkan Wars and the

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. In 1921–1922, he served as Commander of the Military Academy, and retired with the rank of lieutenant general.

Olympic record

1906 Athens

In the

he participated in the following events: * 30 m duelling pistol - first place * 20 m duelling pistol - fourth place *

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- fourth place *

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- 15th place * 20 m army pistol (1873 model) - 17th place

1912 Stockholm

Six years later at the 1912 Summer Olympics he participated in the following events: * Team 50 metre military pistol - fifth place * Team 30 metre military pistol - fifth place * 30 metre rapid fire pistol - 27th place * 50 metre pistol - 30th place

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skarlatos, Konstantinos 1872 births 1969 deaths Greek male sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Olympic shooters of Greece Shooters at the 1906 Intercalated Games Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics People from Aetolia-Acarnania Hellenic Army generals Greek military personnel of the Balkan Wars Olympic gold medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Sportspeople from Western Greece