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Charilaos Vasilakos
Greek runner (1875–1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charilaos Vasilakos (Greek: Χαρίλαος Βασιλάκος, November 1875 – 1 December 1964)[1][4] was a Greek athlete and the first man to win a marathon race.[5] He also won a copper medal[lower-alpha 1] for second place finish at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.[6]
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Born | November 1875 Piraeus, Greece | ||||||||||||||
Died | (1964-12-01)1 December 1964 (aged 89) Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||
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Club | Panellinios G.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best | Marathon: 3:06:03 | ||||||||||||||
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