Georgios Saranti Papasideris ( el, Γεώργιος/Γιώργος Παπασιδέρης, 1875 in

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– 1920) was a

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Career

Papasideris was born in

. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in

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. He competed in the shot put, placing third. His best throw was 10.36 metres. Papasideris also threw the discus, placing somewhere between fifth and last (ninth) place. In the two-handed weightlifting event, now known as clean and jerk, Papasideris tied for fourth place with Carl Schuhmann of

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. They had both lifted 90.0 kilograms.

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* Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Weightlifters at the 1896 Summer Olympics Greek male discus throwers Olympic athletes of Greece Olympic weightlifters of Greece Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Greek male shot putters Greek male weightlifters 1875 births 1920 deaths Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) People from East Attica Date of birth missing Date of death missing Place of death missing Sportspeople from Attica {{Greece-Olympic-medalist-stub