Nikolaos Andriakopoulos
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| gold | 1896 Athens | Rope climbing |
| silver | 1896 Athens | Team (bars) |
Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (* 1878 in Patra ; † unknown) was a Greek gymnast .
Andriakopoulos took part in the gymnastics competitions at Olympia in 1896 in his native Greece. In rope climbing he was the only one besides his compatriot Thomas Xenakis who conquered the 14 meter high rope. With his good time (23.4 seconds) he won the competition and became an Olympic champion. This gold medal was the last Greek in gymnastics up to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta .
He also started the team competition on parallel bars. There Andriakopoulos was part of the team from Panellinios Athens and won the silver medal with this team.
Web links
- databaseolympics.com
- Nikolaos Andriakopoulos in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Olympic champion in rope hanging
1896: Nikolaos Andriakopoulos | 1904: George Eyser | 1924: Bedřich Šupčík | 1932: Raymond Bass.svg){kind=small}
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| SURNAME | Andriakopoulos, Nikolaos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Patra , Greece |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1896 |