Thomas Xenakis (; March 30, 1875 – July 7, 1942) was a

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. He competed at the

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. He was born in

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and died in

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. Xenakis competed in the rope climbing event. He and countryman

Nikolaos Andriakopoulos Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (; 1878 in Patras – after 1896) was a Greek gymnast. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. Olympics performances ...

were the only two out of the five entrants to climb all the way to the top of the 14 metre rope. Xenakis' time is unknown, though it was slower than 23.4 seconds, which was Andriakopoulos's winning time. He won his second silver medal as a member of the Greek gymnastics team in the parallel bars event.

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* 1875 births 1942 deaths Greek male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Greece Gymnasts at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century Greek sportsmen Olympic silver medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics People from Naxos {{Greece-Olympic-medalist-stub