Ioannis Mitropoulos

Ioannis Mitropoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Μητρόπουλος; 1874 – after 1896) was a Greek gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1]

Ioannis Mitropoulos
Personal information
Born1874
Athens, Greece
Diedafter 1896
Sport
Country Greece
SportMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1896 AthensRings
Bronze medal – third place1896 AthensTeam parallel bars

Mitropoulos competed in both the individual and team events of the parallel bars, and the individual rings event. In the rings event, he gave Greece its first gold medal in gymnastics. He did not win a medal in the individual parallel bars event, though his ranking is unknown. In the team event, Mitropoulos was a member of the Ethnikos Gymnastikos Syllogos team that placed third of the three teams in the event, giving him a bronze medal.[2]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ioannis Mitropoulos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. "Ioannis Mitropoulos". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 December 2020.


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