Georgios Papasideris

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Georgios Papasideris (Greek: Γέωργιος Παπασιδέρης, 1875 – 1920) was a Greek athlete and weightlifter.

Career

Papasideris was born in Koropi.

He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He competed in the shot put, 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 clean and jerk, Papasideris tied for fourth place with Carl Schuhmann of Germany. They had both lifted 90.0 kilograms.

Persondata
Name	Papasideris, Georgios
Alternative names	Παπασιδέρης, Γιώργος
Short description	Greek shot putter and weightlifter
Date of birth	1875
Place of birth
Date of death	1920
Place of death

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