Georgios Valakakis

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Georgios Valakakis was a Greek fencer. He competed at the 1896 and 1906 Summer Olympics. [1]

Valakakis competed in the amateur foil event. He placed fourth of four in his preliminary group after losing all of his bouts, to Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis, and Athanasios Vouros. This put him in a tie for seventh overall, with Ioannis Poulos who was fourth in the other preliminary group. [2]

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References

  1. "Georgios Valakakis Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  2. "Georgios Valakakis". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.