Pantelis Karasevdas
12th and 14th President of Panathinaikos FC and Panathinaikos AC
In office
1924 and 1928 – 1926 and 1930
Preceded byPanos Savvidis and Dimitrios Damaskinos
Succeeded byNikolaos Xiros
Personal details
Born1877
Astakos, Greece
Died14 March 1946(1946-03-14) (aged 68–69)
Agrinio, Greece
Political partyLiberal Party (Greece)
ProfessionMilitary Officer
Sports career
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1896 Athens Military rifle

Pantelis Karasevdas (Greek: Παντελής Καρασεβδάς; 1877 – 14 March 1946) was a Greek sport shooter. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. Karasevdas competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he won a gold medal for the host country.[1][2]

Biography

Karasevdas was born in the town of Astakos in 1877 and he studied law at the University of Athens,[3] but would later become a military officer with participation almost in every military event of Greece from the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 to the Greek Resistance during World War II, including the First Balkan War where he was seriously injured in Samos.[3]

A prominent Venizelist and anti-Royalist, he was elected an MP since 1910 and was voted in two more times.[3]

He was elected also president of Panathinaikos A.C. two times (1924–26 and 1928–30), he was also part of the Greek Olympic Committee from 1924 to 1935.[3]

Karasevdas died on 14 March 1946 in Astakos the same town he was born in.[3]

Career

Karasevdas was just 19 years old when he competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics, he entered three shooting events, in the 200 metre military rifle, he won by a huge margin, scoring 2,350 points and hitting the target with all 40 shots,[4] he also competed in the 300 metre free rifle event, placing fifth with a score of 1,039 out of 20 official starters,[5] and in his other event the military pistol event, Karasevdas abandoned the competition after firing two of the five strings of six shots.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pantelis Karasevdas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Pantelis Karasevdas". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Olympians of our Association". panelliniosac.gr. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shooting at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Military Rifle, 200 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shooting at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shooting at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Military Pistol, 25 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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