Nikolaos Georgantas
{{short description|Greek athletics competitor}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GRE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 1904 St Louis | Discus throw }}
{{MedalCompetition | Intercalated Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1906 Athens | Stone throw }}
{{MedalSilver | 1906 Athens | Discus throw }}
{{MedalSilver | 1906 Athens | Discus throw Greek style }}
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Nikolaos Georgantas ({{langx|el|Νικόλαος Γεωργαντάς}}, February 27, 1880 (OS)/March 12, 1880 (NS) – November 23, 1958) was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70733 |title=Nikolaos Georgantas |work=Olympedia |access-date=February 2, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126145757/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70733 |url-status=live }}
Biography
He was born in Steno, Tripoli, Arcadia.
He competed for Greece in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, in the discus throw where he won the Bronze medal. He also entered the shot-put, but after his first two attempts were called fouls for throwing, he withdrew in disgust.
Two years later in Athens, in his home country of Greece, he won the gold medal in the stone throw competition at the 1906 Intercalated Games. He added two silver medals in the Greek style discus throw (behind Finland’s Verner Järvinen) and in the normal discus again behind America's Martin Sheridan, who won his second consecutive Olympic title.
Georgantas was the first Greek flag bearer at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In his last participation at the Olympic Games he took sixth place in the discus with 33.21 metres.{{Cite web |url=http://steno.gr/?page_id=124 |title=Νικόλαος Γεωργαντάς « ΣΤΕΝΟ ΑΡΚΑΔΙΑΣ |access-date=2014-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222190315/http://steno.gr/?page_id=124 |archive-date=2014-12-22 |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Sportspeople from Tripoli, Greece
Category:Greek male discus throwers
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Greece
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Greece
Category:Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Olympic tug of war competitors for Greece