Pantelis Karasevdas ( el, Παντελής Καρασεβδάς; 1877 – 14 March 1946) was a Greek

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. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. Karasevdas competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in

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, where he won a gold medal for the host country.

Biography

Karasevdas was born in the town of Astakos in 1877 and he studied law at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

, but would later become a military officer with participation almost in every military event of Greece from the

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to the Greek Resistance during

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, including the

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where he was seriously injured in

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. A prominent

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and anti-Royalist, he was elected an MP since 1910 and was voted in two more times. He was elected also president of Panathinaikos A.C. two times (1924–26 and 1928–30), he was also part of the Greek Olympic Committee from 1924 to 1935. Karasevdas died on 14 March 1946 in Astakos the same town he was born in.

Career

Karasevdas was just 19 years old when he competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics, he entered three shooting events, in the 200 metre military rifle, he won by a huge margin, scoring 2,350 points and hitting the target with all 40 shots, he also competed in the 300 metre free rifle event, placing fifth with a score of 1,039 out of 20 official starters, and in his other event the military pistol event, Karasevdas abandoned the competition after firing two of the five strings of six shots.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karasevdas, Pantelis Shooters at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Greek male sport shooters Olympic shooters of Greece Olympic gold medalists for Greece 1877 births 1946 deaths Olympic medalists in shooting Greek military personnel Members of the Hellenic Parliament Liberal Party (Greece) politicians Panathinaikos F.C. presidents Greek Resistance members National Liberation Front (Greece) members Greek sportsperson-politicians Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics People from Astakos Date of birth missing