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Leonidas was renowned not only for his unsurpassed number of victories but for his versatility as a runner. His favored races required speed and strength in differing degrees; the ''stadion'' and the ''diaulos'', 200-yard and 400-yard races respectively, were best suited to sprinters, while the ''hoplitodromos'', a ''diaulos'' performed with bronze armor and shield, required more muscular strength and endurance. [[Philostratus|Philostratus the Athenian]] wrote in his ''[[Gymnastikos]]'' that Leonidas's versatility made all previous theories of runners' training and body types obsolete.<ref name="Philostratus1">{{cite book|author=[[Philostratus|Philostratus II]]|title=Gymnastikos|pages=33|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0600%3Asection%3D33}}</ref> |
Leonidas was renowned not only for his unsurpassed number of victories but for his versatility as a runner. His favored races required speed and strength in differing degrees; the ''stadion'' and the ''diaulos'', 200-yard and 400-yard races respectively, were best suited to sprinters, while the ''hoplitodromos'', a ''diaulos'' performed with bronze armor and shield, required more muscular strength and endurance. [[Philostratus|Philostratus the Athenian]] wrote in his ''[[Gymnastikos]]'' that Leonidas's versatility made all previous theories of runners' training and body types obsolete.<ref name="Philostratus1">{{cite book|author=[[Philostratus|Philostratus II]]|title=Gymnastikos|pages=33|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0600%3Asection%3D33}}</ref> |
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Leonidas's record of twelve individual Olympic crowns (the equivalent of a modern [[gold medal]]) was finally surpassed in {{CE|2016}} when [[Michael Phelps]] won the 200-meter individual medley during the [[2016_Summer_Olympics|Rio Olympics]] which represented Phelps's thirteenth individual Olympic gold medal. The record set by Leonidas stood for approximately 2,168 years.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bull |first=Andy |date=12 August 2016 |title=Phelps claims 200m individual medley gold for fourth straight Olympics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/11/michael-phelps-200m-individual-medley-gold-rio-2016-swimming |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=12 August 2016 |quote=Not just the modern Olympics, but the ancient Games too. Leonidas predicted that it would take years before his record of twelve crowns was surpassed. |
Leonidas's record of twelve individual Olympic crowns (the equivalent of a modern [[gold medal]]) was finally surpassed in {{CE|2016}} when [[Michael Phelps]] won the 200-meter individual medley during the [[2016_Summer_Olympics|Rio Olympics]] which represented Phelps's thirteenth individual Olympic gold medal. The record set by Leonidas stood for approximately 2,168 years.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bull |first=Andy |date=12 August 2016 |title=Phelps claims 200m individual medley gold for fourth straight Olympics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/11/michael-phelps-200m-individual-medley-gold-rio-2016-swimming |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=12 August 2016 |quote=Not just the modern Olympics, but the ancient Games too. Leonidas predicted that it would take years before his record of twelve crowns was surpassed.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bull |first=Andy |date=12 August 2016 |title=Phelps claims 200m individual medley gold for fourth straight Olympics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/11/michael-phelps-200m-individual-medley-gold-rio-2016-swimming |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=12 August 2016 |quote= Phelps has now overtaken Leonidas of Rhodes as the most decorated Olympian of this, that, and every era. Leonidas, as every self-respecting sports fan knows, did the sprint triple in the stadion, the diaulos, and the hoplitodromos, at four Olympics in a row between 164 and 152 BC. Or 2,168 years ago.}}</ref> |
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Template:Other uses2 Leonidas of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας; born 188 BCE) was one of the most famous ancient Olympic runners.[1] Competing in the Olympic Games of 164 BCE, he captured the crown in three separate foot races — the stadion, the diaulos, and the hoplitodromos. He repeated this feat in the next three subsequent Olympics, in 160 BCE, in 156 BCE, and finally in 152 BCE at the age of 36. Leonidas's lifetime record of twelve individual Olympic crowns was unmatched in the ancient world.[2]
Leonidas was renowned not only for his unsurpassed number of victories but for his versatility as a runner. His favored races required speed and strength in differing degrees; the stadion and the diaulos, 200-yard and 400-yard races respectively, were best suited to sprinters, while the hoplitodromos, a diaulos performed with bronze armor and shield, required more muscular strength and endurance. Philostratus the Athenian wrote in his Gymnastikos that Leonidas's versatility made all previous theories of runners' training and body types obsolete.[3]
Leonidas's record of twelve individual Olympic crowns (the equivalent of a modern gold medal) was finally surpassed in 2016 CE when Michael Phelps won the 200-meter individual medley during the Rio Olympics which represented Phelps's thirteenth individual Olympic gold medal. The record set by Leonidas stood for approximately 2,168 years.[4][5]
References
- ^ Michael Lahanas. "Famous Ancient Greek Athletes". Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement. Greenwood Press. pp. xxxv. ISBN 0-313-32278-3.
- ^ Philostratus II. Gymnastikos. p. 33.
- ^ {{cite news |last=Bull |first=Andy |date=12 August 2016 |title=Phelps claims 200m individual medley gold for fourth straight Olympics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/11/michael-phelps-200m-individual-medley-gold-rio-2016-swimming |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=12 August 2016 |quote=Not just the modern Olympics, but the ancient Games too. Leonidas predicted that it would take years before his record of twelve crowns was surpassed.
- ^ Bull, Andy (12 August 2016). "Phelps claims 200m individual medley gold for fourth straight Olympics". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
Phelps has now overtaken Leonidas of Rhodes as the most decorated Olympian of this, that, and every era. Leonidas, as every self-respecting sports fan knows, did the sprint triple in the stadion, the diaulos, and the hoplitodromos, at four Olympics in a row between 164 and 152 BC. Or 2,168 years ago.
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