Nikolaos Morakis ( el, Νικόλαος Μοράκης, sometimes seen as Dorakis ( el, Δοράκης)) was a
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. He competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics in
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. Morakis came third in the military pistol event with 205 points behind the
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and
Sumner Paine, and fourth in the free pistol event.
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