Dimitrios Negrepontis

Dimitrios Negrepontis (25 March 1915 – June 1996), also Dimitrios Ioannis Negroponte or Dimitri John Negroponte, was the first-ever Greek to participate in the winter Olympics as an alpine skier, coming from Greek diaspora. Born in Switzerland and raised in Klosters and Davos, Switzerland. As a Greek Olympian, he carried the flag into the stadium in 1936. He did not salute Hitler.[1] He competed in the men's combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics.[2]

Dimitri Negreponte
Personal information
NationalityGreek
Born(1915-03-25)25 March 1915
Lausanne, Switzerland
DiedJune 1996
London, England
Sport
SportAlpine skiing

He has four sons: John (a former United States Deputy Secretary of State), George, an artist, (President of the Drawing Center from 2002 to 2007), Michel (an Emmy Award winning filmmaker) and Nicholas (founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab and of the One Laptop per Child project.[2]

References
  1. "A Greek Style Miracle on Ice?". Greek Works. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dimitrios Negrepontis Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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