Country Greece Sport Shooting | Name Ioannis Frangoudis Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 1863 Limassol, Cyprus Died October 19, 1916, New York City, New York, United States Olympic medals Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's 300 metre rifle, three positions Similar People Georgios Orphanidis, Viggo Jensen, Holger Nielsen | ||
Ioannis Frangoudis (Greek: Ιωάννης Φραγκούδης; 1863 – 19 October 1916) was a Greek Army officer who reached the rank of Lt General. He also competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens as a shooter.
Frangoudis competed in four of the five shooting events as well as serving as secretary of the Sub-Committee for Shooting.
He began his sole rifle event, the free rifle, with a lead in the competition after the first string of 10 shots. However, his shooting was inconsistent and his second and fourth strings were far below the scores of his first and third strings. Frangoudis finished second behind Georgios Orfanidis, with 1,312 points to his countryman's 1,583. Viggo Jensen in third place was only 7 points behind Frangoudis.
In the rapid fire pistol, Frangoudis was the victor, defeating Orfanidis, along with two other competitors, 344-249. He added another top three finish in the free pistol, behind Sumner Paine (silver medallist in the military pistol) and Holger Nielsen (bronze medallist in the rapid fire pistol).
Frangoudis also competed in the military pistol, finishing fourth.