Anastasios Andreou
Template:Short description Anastasios Andreou (Template:Langx; 1877 in Limassol– 1947) was a Greek athlete from Cyprus. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1][2]
He was successful in the first Pan Cypriot games in 1896, winning the 100 metres and 110 metres hurdles. He represented Cyprus in the first Pan-Hellenic Games in the 110 metres hurdling.
Biography
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He was a volunteer in the Greek army for the Greek-Turkish war of 1897 and fought in Domokos, Derven, Phoulnea and Farsala.
He married Penelope Eraclidou and had one son and two daughters. He died in 1947.[4]
Honors
His success in Pan-Hellenic Games and participation at Olympics were an honour for Sport in Cyprus.
References
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External links
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- Biography of Cypriots (1800-1920) by Aristidis Koudounaris.
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- 1877 births
- 1947 deaths
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics
- 19th-century Greek sportsmen
- Olympic athletes for Greece
- Sportspeople from Limassol
- Greek male hurdlers
- Cypriot male hurdlers
- Place of death missing
- Cypriot emigrants to Greece
- Greek military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1897)