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Sport
  
Sports shooting

Name
  
Konstantinos Skarlatos


Role
  
Military Officer

Died
  
1969

Konstantinos Skarlatos

Born
  
17 March 1872 (
1872-03-17
)
Athens, Greece

Konstantinos Skarlatos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Σκαρλάτος, 17 March 1872 – 1969) was a Greek Army officer who reached the rank of lieutenant general. He also competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics as a sport shooter.

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Military career

He was born in 1872 at Vitolista near Nafpaktos. He entered the Hellenic Army Academy and graduated in July 1892 as an artillery second lieutenant. He fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Balkan Wars and the Asia Minor Campaign. In 1921–1922, he served as Commander of the Army Academy, and retired with the rank of lieutenant general.

1906 Athens

In the 1906 Summer Olympics he participated in the following events:

  • 30 m duelling pistol - first place
  • 20 m duelling pistol - fourth place
  • 50 m pistol - fourth place
  • 25 m rapid fire pistol - 15th place
  • 20 m army pistol (1873 model) - 17th place
  • 1912 Stockholm

    Six years later at the 1912 Summer Olympics he participated in the following events:

  • Team 50 metre military pistol - fifth place
  • Team 30 metre military pistol - fifth place
  • 25 metre rapid fire pistol - 27th place
  • 50 metre pistol - 30th place
  • References

    Konstantinos Skarlatos Wikipedia