Name Georgios Papasideris Role Olympic athlete | Died 1920 | |
Olympic medals Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put | ||
Georgios Papasideris (Greek: Γεώργιος/Γιώργος Παπασιδέρης, 1875 – 1920) was a Greek athlete and weightlifter.
Career
Papasideris was born in Koropi.
He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. 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 Germany. They had both lifted 90.0 kilograms.
References
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