Aristidis Konstantinidis

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Aristidis Konstantinidis
Aristidis Konstantinidis
Competitor for Flag of Greece Greece
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Gold 1896 Athens Road race

Aristidis Konstantinidis (Greek:Αριστείδης Κωνσταντινίδης; born ? - died ?) was a Greek cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Konstantinidis competed in the 10 kilometres, 100 kilometres, and road races. He won the road race, covering the 87 kilometres from Athens to Marathon and back in a time of 3:22:31 despite his bicycle breaking down shortly after turning around and him falling during the return trip. Konstantinidis did not do as well in the track races, finishing fifth in the 10 kilometres after colliding with countryman Georgios Kolettis and not finishing the 100 kilometres. He was one of seven to not finish out of the nine that started the race.

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