Name Pantelis Karasevdas Political party Liberal Party | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's 200m military rifle | ||
Pantelis Karasevdas (Greek: Παντελής Καρασεβδάς; 1877 – 1946) was a Greek shooter. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. Karasevdas competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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Career
Karasevdas competed in the military rifle event. He dominated the field, hitting the target with all 40 of his shots for a total score of 2,350. His score in the first string of 10 shots was 480.
He also competed in the free rifle event, placing fifth with a score of 1,039. In the military pistol event, Karasevdas abandoned the competition after firing two of the five strings of six shots.
Other informations
Apart from a shooter, Karasevdas was also a military officer with participation almost in every military event of Greece (from the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 to the Greek Resistance during WWII.
A prominent Venizelist and anti-Royalist, he was MP since 1910. He was elected also president of Panathinaikos A.C. two times (1924-26 and 1928-30).