Perikles Kakousis

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Perikles Kakousis (1904)

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 .

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SURNAME Kakousis, Pericles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Περικλής Κακούσης
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH 1879
DATE OF DEATH 20th century