Nikolaos Georgantas ( el, Νικόλαος Γεωργαντάς, February 27, 1880 ( OS)/March 12, 1880 ( NS) – November 23, 1958) was a

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athlete who competed mainly in the

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Biography

He was born in Steno,

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. He competed for Greece in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in

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, in the discus throw where he won the

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. He also entered the shot-put, but after his first two attempts were called fouls for throwing, he withdrew in disgust. Two years later in

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, in his home country of

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, he won the gold medal in the stone throw competition at the

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. He added two silver medals in the Greek style discus throw (behind

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) and in the normal discus again behind America's

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, who won his second consecutive Olympic title. Georgantas was the first Greek flag bearer at the

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in London. In his last participation at the Olympic Games he took sixth place in the discus with 33.21 metres.

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