Silver medal	Wrestling Greco-Roman

Georgios Tsitas (1872 – ?) was a Greek wrestler. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Andrell Durden (top) and Edward Harris grapple for position during the All-Marine Wrestle Offs. ... The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...

In the first round of the wrestling competition, held in a roughly Greco-Roman format, Tsitas had a bye to guarantee a top three finish before he even had a match. The semifinal pitted Tsitas against fellow Greek Stephanos Christopoulos. Tsitas won the match by throwing Christopoulos. In the final, Tsitas wrestled with Carl Schuhmann of Germany, an exceptional gymnast, for 40 minutes before the match was postponed due to darkness. Tsitas did not last long the following day, being defeated to finish in second place. Schuhmann (left) before the Olympic wrestling final, which he won. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ...