Georgios Papasideris
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| Bronze | 1896 | Shot put | |
Georgios Papasideris (1876 - ?) was a Greek athlete and weightlifter. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Papasideris competed in the shot put, placing third. His best throw was 10.36 metres.
He also threw the discus, placing somewhere between fifth and last (ninth) place.
In the two-handed weightlifting event, now known as clean and jerk, Papasideris tied for fourth place with Carl Schuhmann of Germany. They had both lifted 90.0 kilograms.
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