Nikolaos Andriakopoulos
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| Men's Artistic Gymnastics | ||
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1896 Athens | Rope climbing |
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1896 Athens | Team parallel bars |
Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος Ανδριακόπουλος; 1878 – after 1896) was a Greek gymnast. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi.
Olympics performances
Andriakopoulos competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics, Athens, in the rope climbing event. He and countryman Thomas Xenakis were the only two out of the five entrants to climb all the way to the top of the 14 meter rope. Andriakopoulos finished in 23.4 seconds, defeating Xenakis to claim the gold medal. This would be the last Greek gold medal in gymnastics until Ioannis Melissanidis won gold in the floor exercise in 1996.
He also entered the team parallel bars event. In that competition, Andriakopoulos was a member of the Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos team that placed second in the event, giving him an Olympic silver medal.
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- Gymnasts at the 1896 Summer Olympics
- Greek male artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gold medalists for Greece
- Olympic silver medalists for Greece
- Olympic gymnasts of Greece
- Year of death missing
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- People from Patras
- Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics
