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Leonidas Pyrgos

Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
	1896 Athens	Masters foil

Leonidas "Leon" Pyrgos (Greek: Λεωνίδας "Λέων" Πύργος, born 1874 in Mantineia, Arcadia; date of death unknown) was a Greek fencer.

Career

Pyrgos was the first Greek Olympic medallist in the history of the modern Olympic Games, winning his fencing event of the 1896 Summer Olympics on 7 April 1896. His competitor in the event, which consisted of a single bout of foil fencing to three touches, was one of the best fencers in the world, the Frenchman Joanni Perronet. After a close contest, Pyrgos won 3–1. The crowd cheered the first Greek Olympic medallist. He was lifted onto their shoulders and carried throughout the streets of Athens.

References

1. "Leon Pyrgos". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leon Pyrgos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
3. David Wallechinsky (2004), The Complete Book of the Olympics 2004. Aurum Press. p.627.

External links

• Leonidas Pyrgos at Olympics.com
• Leonidas Pyrgos at Olympedia
• Leon Pyrgos at the Hellenic Olympic Committee

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