Pantelis Karasevdas

Pantelis Karasevdas

Medal record
Men's Shooting
	1896 Athens	Military rifle

Pantelis Karasevdas (Greek: Παντελής Καρασεβδάς; 1877 – 1946) was a Greek shooter. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. Karasevdas competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he won a gold medal for the host country.^[1]

Career

Karasevdas was just 19 years old when he competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics, he entered three shooting events, in the 200 metre military rifle, he won by a huge margin, scoring 2,350 points and hitting the target with all 40 shots,^[2] he also competed in the 300 metre free rifle event, placing fifth with a score of 1,039 out of 20 official starters,^[3] and in his other event the military pistol event, Karasevdas abandoned the competition after firing two of the five strings of six shots.^[4]

Other informations

Apart from being a shooter, Karasevdas also studied law at the University of Athens,^[5] but would later become a military officer with participation almost in every military event of Greece from the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 to the Greek Resistance during World War II, including the First Balkan War where he was seriously injured in Samos.^[5]

A prominent Venizelist and anti-Royalist, he was elected an MP since 1910 and was voted in two more times.^[5]

He was elected also president of Panathinaikos A.C. two times (1924–26 and 1928–30), he was also part of the Greek Olympic Committee from 1924 to 1935.^[5]

Karasevdas died in March 14th 1946 in Astakos the same town he was born in.^[5]

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