Odysseas (Odysseus) Eskitzoglou (, ; 3 May 1932 – 26 August 2018) was a Greek

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

and

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...

athlete. He competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in Rome and won a gold medal in the

Dragon A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...

class with Crown Prince Konstantinos and

Georgios Zaimis Georgios Zaimis (, 28 June 1937 in Piraeus – 1 May 2020) was a Greek sailor and Olympic Champion. He participated at three Summer Olympics. Along with his fellow crew members of the Nireus Sailing Vessel, he was named one of the 1960 Greek At ...

on the boat ''Nireus''. Along with his fellow crew members of ''Nireus'', he was named one of the 1960 Greek Athletes of the Year. At the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in Tokyo, he and his crew took 8th place for Greece in the Dragon class, with the boat ''Proteus II''.

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* * * * 1932 births 2018 deaths Greek male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon Olympic sailors for Greece Olympic gold medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sailors (sport) from Piraeus {{Greece-yachtracing-bio-stub