Nikolaos Morakis ( el, Νικόλαος Μοράκης, sometimes seen as Dorakis ( el, Δοράκης)) was a

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. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in

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. Morakis came third in the military pistol event with 205 points behind the

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brothers

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and Sumner Paine, and fourth in the free pistol event.

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* Year of birth missing Year of death missing Greek male sport shooters Olympic shooters of Greece Shooters at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{Greece-Olympic-medalist-stub