Stamatios Nikolopoulos

Stamatios Nikolopoulos was a Greek racing cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens winning two silver medals.[1]

Stamatios Nikolopoulos
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1896 Athens 333 metres time trial
Silver medal – second place 1896 Athens 2 kilometres sprint

Nikolopoulos competed in the 333 metres and the 2 kilometres races, placing second in each to Frenchman Paul Masson. Nikolopoulos's time in the 2 kilometres was 5:00.2. He tied with Adolf Schmal for second at 26.0 seconds in the initial race of the 333 metres, and defeated Schmal in a race-off to take second place to himself. His time in the race-off was 25.4 seconds.[2]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stamatios Nikolopoulos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. "Stamatios Nikolopoulos". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.


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