Georgios Simiriotis
Native nameΓεώργιος Σημηριώτης
Country (sports) Greece
Born1886 (1886)
DiedUnknown
Medal record
Tennis
1906 Intercalated Games
Representing  Greece
Silver medal – second place1906 AthensMixed doubles
Panhellenic Tennis Championship
Gold medal – first place1906 AthensSingles
Gold medal – first place1906 AthensMen's doubles
Gold medal – first place1906 AthensMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place1908 AthensSingles
Gold medal – first place1908 AthensMen's doubles
Gold medal – first place1908 AthensMixed doubles

Georgios Simiriotis (Greek: Γεώργιος Σημηριώτης, 1886 - unknown)[1] was a Greek tennis player, who won a silver medal in the mixed doubles event at the 1906 Intercalated Games. He also won multiple Panhellenic Tennis Championship events in 1906 and 1908.

Career

At the 1906 Intercalated Games, Simiriotis competed with Sofia Marinou in the mixed doubles tennis event. They lost to eventual winners Max and Marie Decugis, and were awarded a silver medal.[lower-alpha 1][2]: 139 [3][4] In the men's doubles event, Simiriotis and Nikolaos Zarifis finished fourth, after losing their semi final match to Ioannis Ballis and Xenophon Kasdaglis.[2]: 137 [3][1] In the men's singles event, he lost his quarter final match to Gerard Scheurleer.[1] Simiriotis also took part in one of the fencing competitions at the Games.[2]: 24 

Simiriotis won the singles event at the 1906 and 1908 Panhellenic Tennis Championships.[5]: 116  He also won the men's doubles event at the 1906 Championships alongside Dimitrios Syriotis,[5]: 116  and in 1908 alongside Ioannis Ketseas.[5]: 118  He won the mixed doubles event at the 1906 Championships alongside Lena Paspati (Greek: Λένα Πασπάτη),[5]: 116  and in 1908 alongside Sofia Marinou.[5]: 118 

Personal life

Simiriotis' mother descended from the family of Georgios Zariphis. His sister Esmée Simirioti also competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in tennis, winning the Women's singles event. It is believed that Simiriotis was also related to Sofia Marinou.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ No second and third place match took place, and it is unknown why Marinou and Simiriotis were awarded the silver medal over Xenophon Kasdaglis and Aspasia Matsa.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Georgios Simiriotis". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Mallon, Bill (2015). The 1906 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476609515.
  3. 1 2 Grasso, John (September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press. p. 380. ISBN 9780810872370.
  4. ↑ Posey, Carl (November 2015). III Olympiad: St. Louis 1904, Athens 1906. Warwick Press. ISBN 9781987944037.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Skiadas, Eleftherios. 100 χρόνια Όμιλος Αντισφαίρισης Αθηνών 1895-1995 [100 Years of the Athletic Club Athens 1895-1995]. Μικρός Ρωμηός Ε.Π.Ε. (Small Romeos). ISBN 960-85466-2-1.
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