Perikles Kakousis
Perikles Kakousis ( Greek Περικλής Κακούσης , * 1879 , year of death unknown) was a Greek weightlifter .
At the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis , he took part in two-arm weightlifting with no weight restriction. He lifted 111.70 kg and won the gold medal superior to the American Oscar Osthoff , who managed 27 kg less. Kakousis also took part in the tug-of-war and finished fifth with the team of his club Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos from Athens . Two years later he reached fifth place in two-armed weightlifting at the interludes in 1906 .
Web links
- Perikles Kakousis in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Kakousis, Pericles |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Περικλής Κακούσης |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek weightlifter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1879 |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |