Ioannis Georgiadis

Ioannis Georgiadis (29 March 1876 – 17 May 1960[1]) was a Greek fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 1906 Intercalated Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[2]

Ioannis Georgiadis
Georgiadis in 1897
Personal information
Born29 March 1876 (1876-03-29)
Tripoli, Greece
Died17 May 1960 (1960-05-18) (aged 84)
Athens, Greece
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1896 Athens Sabre
Intercalated Games
Gold medal – first place 1906 Athens Sabre
Silver medal – second place 1906 Athens Team Sabre

In 1896 Georgiadis competed in the men's sabre event. In the five-man, round-robin tournament, Georgiadis won all four of his matches. He defeated Georgios Iatridis, Adolf Schmal, Telemachos Karakalos, and Holger Nielsen in succession to win first place.[3]

Georgiadis later became Professor of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

References
  1. Death notice for Georgiadis' funeral, 18 May 1960, reads: "he died yesterday" (i.e. on 17 May 1960)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ioannis Georgiadis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  3. "Ioannis Georgiadis". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.


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