Charilaos Vasilakos
Charilaos Vasilakos (Greek: Χαρίλαος Βασιλάκος, November 1875 – 1 December 1964) was a Greek athlete and the first man to win a marathon race. He also won a copper medal for second place at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Vasilakos in training on the road from Marathon to Athens in preparation for the 1896 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 1875 Piraeus, Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 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 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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