Spyridon Athanasopoulos ( el, Σπυρίδων Αθανασόπουλος) was a
Greek
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gymnast
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. He competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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.
Athanasopoulos was the team leader of the
Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos team that placed second of the three teams in the event, giving him a
silver medal
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.
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Gymnasts at the 1896 Summer Olympics
19th-century sportsmen
Greek male artistic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts of Greece
Olympic silver medalists for Greece
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics
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