Carl August Berthold Schuhmann was a German athlete who won four Olympic titles in gymnastics and wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, becoming the most successful athlete at the inaugural Olympics of the modern era. He also competed in weightlifting.
Holger Louis Nielsen was a Danish fencer, sport shooter, and athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is probably best known for drawing up the first set of rules for the game of handball.
Ioannis Georgiadis was a Greek fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 1906 Intercalated Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Conrad Helmut Fritz Böcker was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Böcker had little success in individual events. He competed in the parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, pommel horse, and rings events. In none of them was he among the medallists. He did, however, win two gold medals as part of the German team in the two team events, on parallel bars and the horizontal bar.
Julius Carl Fritz Manteuffel was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Richard Röstel was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Fritz Richard Gustav Schuft was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Hermann Otto Ludwig Weingärtner was a German gymnast.
Georg Otto Hilmar, commonly known as Georg Hillmar, was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Hillmar won two gold medals as a member of the German team that won both of the team events, the parallel bars and the horizontal bar. He had less success in the individual events, contesting the parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse without earning any medals.
Karl Bruno Paul Neukirch was a German gymnast. He was born and died in Berlin. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Filippos Karvelas was a Greek gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Antonios Papaioannou was a Greek gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Papaigannou competed in the parallel bars and horizontal bar individual events. He did not win medals in either competition, though his exact ranking is unknown.
Petros Persakis was a Greek gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Nikolaos Andriakopoulos 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.
Thomas Xenakis was a Greek gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Naxos and died in Orange, California, United States.
Ethnikos Gymnastikos Syllogos or Ethnikos Athens is one of the oldest multi-sports clubs in Greece. It was founded in 1893.
Ioannis Theofilakis (Theophilakis) (Greek: Ιωάννης Θεοφιλάκης, 1879–1968) was a Greek sport shooter who competed at five Olympic games, and the 1906 Intercalated Games. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He also competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the 1912 Summer Olympics, the 1920 Summer Olympics where he won silver, and at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
The men's rings was one of eight gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The fifth event, it was held on 9 April. There were eight competitors from three nations. The Greeks won the gold and bronze medals, with Hermann Weingärtner winning his fifth medal. The medalists and fifth place finisher are known, but the fourth place finisher is not: any of the four athletes whose places are not known may have finished fourth.
Guido Boni was an Italian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Italian team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event in 1912. In the individual all-around competition he finished fourth. Additionally, he competed at the 1913 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he helped his team to the bronze medal and additionally won individual gold medals on both the rings and parallel bars apparatuses.
Francesco Martino was an Italian gymnast and Olympic champion. He was born and died in Bari.
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