Ioannis Mitropoulos

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

Born1874 (1874)
Athens, Greece
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represented
Greece Greece
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Ioannis Mitropoulos
Ιωάννης Μητρόπουλος
Personal information
Born1874 (1874)
Athens, Greece
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Greece Greece
ClubEthnikos Gymnastikos Syllogos
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1896 AthensRings
Bronze medal – third place1896 AthensTeam parallel bars
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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]

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