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

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]

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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