Orsippus

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Orsippus, from Megara, was a runner who was famed as the first to run the footrace naked at the Olympic games and "first of all Greeks to be crowned victor naked."^[1][2] Others argue that it was Acanthus instead who first introduced Greek athletic nudity. Orsippus won the stadion-race of the 15th Olympic Games in 720 BC.

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1. ^ W. Sweet, Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece, 1987; p.125
2. ^ Pausanias, 1.44.1