Georgios Saranti Papasideris (, 1875 in

Koropi Koropi (, ) is a suburban town in East Attica, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Kropia. It has been home to the new training facilities of Panathinaikos football club since the summer of 2013. Geography Koropi is situated east of the ...

– 1920) was a

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and

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Career

Papasideris was born in

. He competed at the

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. He competed in the

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, placing third. His best throw was 10.36 metres. Papasideris also threw the discus, placing somewhere between fifth and last (ninth) place. In the two-handed weightlifting event, now known as

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, Papasideris tied for fourth place with

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. They had both lifted 90.0 kilograms.

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* * Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century Greek sportsmen Weightlifters at the 1896 Summer Olympics Greek male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Greece Olympic weightlifters for Greece Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Greek male shot putters Greek male weightlifters 1875 births 1920 deaths Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) People from East Attica Date of birth missing Date of death missing Place of death missing Sportspeople from Attica {{Greece-Olympic-medalist-stub