Anastasios Metaxas

Anastasios Metaxas

Sports shooting
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Greece Olympic Games 1908 London Trap, single shot Intercalated Games 1906 Athens Trap, double shot

Anastasios Metaxas (Greek: Αναστάσιος Μεταξάς; 27 February 1862 – 28 January 1937) was a Greek architect and shooter.^[1][2]

Biography

Metaxas was the royal architect of

Metaxas was also a shooter and appeared in four

Ten years later, Metaxas competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games, where he competed in nine events,^[1] with his best result being a silver medal in the Trap, double shot at 14 metres.^[6] Two years later Metaxas won a bronze medal in the trap shooting event at the 1908 Summer Olympics, held in London, tying for third place with British shooter Alexander Maunder, with 57 of 80 targets hit.^[7]

In 1912, aged 50, Metaxas made his final Olympic appearance at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, where he finished sixth in the trap competition and 35th in the 30 metre rapid fire pistol event.^[1]

Metaxas would later turn to politics as a member of the People's Party.^[3]

Architectural works

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  St Andrew's Cathedral, Patras
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  Pallis mansion, Syntagma Square
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  Main building of ASOEE
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  French embassy, Athens
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  Aretaieion Hospital
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  Syggros Hospital

References

External links

• Anastasios Metaxas at
  Olympedia
• Anastasios Metaxas at the Hellenic Olympic Committee