- Anastasios Metaxas
Anastasios Metaxas ( _el. Αναστάσιος Μεταξάς,
February 27 ,1862 –January 28 ,1937 ) was a Greek architect and shooter.Metaxas is best known for being the architect chosen by
George Averoff to design and restore thePanathinaiko Stadium for the1896 Summer Olympics inAthens , the birth of the modern Olympic movement. He also competed at those Games, entering the military and free rifle events. He placed fourth in both competitions, with scores of 1,701 in the military rifle event and 1,102 in the free rifle contest.Metaxas won a bronze medal in the trap shooting event at the 1908 Summer Olympics, tying for third place with 57 of 80 targets hit.cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | page = 280 | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London Metaxas's medal in this event does not appear in the IOC medal database.]
In 1912 he finished fourth in the trap competition and 35th in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event.
He also designed the expansion of the east wing of the
National Archaeological Museum of Athens .References
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/anastasios-metaxas-1.html profile]
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