Medal record | ||
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Men's fencing | ||
Representing Greece | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1896 Athens | Sabre |
Tilemachos Karakalos (Greek : Τηλέμαχος Καράκαλος, Dimitsana 1866 – 15 June 1951) was a Greek fencer. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. [1]
Karakalos competed in the men's sabre event. In the five-man, round-robin tournament, Karakalos won three of his four matches. He defeated Georgios Iatridis, Adolf Schmal, and Holger Nielsen but lost to countryman Ioannis Georgiadis. His 3-1 record put him in second place. [2]
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