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Leonidas Pyrgos

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|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" | Men's Fencing

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Gold medal – first place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1896 Athens || style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Masters foil |} Leonidas Pyrgos, born 1874 in Mantineia, Arcadia was a Greek fencer.

He was the first Greek Olympic medallist in the history of the modern Olympic Games, winning his fencing event of the 1896 Summer Olympics on 7 April 1896.[1] His competitor in the event, which consisted of a single bout of foil fencing to three touches, was one of the best fencers in the world, the Frenchman Jean Maurice Perronet. After a close contest, Pyrgos won 3-1. The crowd cheered the first Greek Olympic medallist. He was lifted onto their shoulders and carried throughout the streets of Athens.

References

  1. ^ "Leonidas Pyrgos Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-03-31.