Konstantinos Paspatis
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Konstantinos Paspatis ( Greek Κωνσταντίνος Πασπάτης , born June 5, 1878 in Liverpool , Merseyside , England ; † March 14, 1903 in Athens , Attica , Greece ) was a Greek tennis player and participant in the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 .
Born in Great Britain, Paspatis was able to win his first two matches at the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 , before losing to the eventual Olympic champion John Pius Boland in the semifinals , thereby winning the bronze medal. In doubles, however, he was eliminated with Evangelos Rallis in the first round.
Konstantinos Paspatis was the brother-in-law of the tennis player and medalist from 1906, Effrosini Paspati . His cousin Dimitrios Petrokokkinos also played tennis at the Games in 1896. The Paspatis family were a wealthy merchant family from the island of Chios who settled in Liverpool. Konstantinos Paspatis himself was a merchant banker and lived in a mansion on Sefton Park, Liverpool.
Web links
- Konstantinos Paspatis in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
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| SURNAME | Paspatis, Konstantinos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1903 |
| Place of death | Athens |