Fotis Kosmas

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Fotis Kosmas GR: "Φὼτιος Κοσμάς" (26 November 1926 – 15 June 1995)^[1] was a Greek hurdler and decathlete who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Kosmas was born in the village of Clio, on the island of

Alexandroupoli before World War II, and during the war the whole family moved to the island of Samotrace. There the young Fotis met his wife Meropi, with whom he married when they returned to Alexandroupoli. The couple had two children, Despina and Christo.^[2]

References

^ Biography of Fotis Kosmas (pp. 145-146) Archived 26 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fotis Kosmas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

v t e Mediterranean champions in men's decathlon
1951: Fotis Kosmas (GRE) 1955: Bernardino Adarraga (ESP) 1959: Jože Brodnik (YUG) 1963-1967: Not held 1971: Vassilios Sevastis (GRE) 1975: Zissis Kourelos (GRE) 1979: Eric Motti (FRA) 1983: Joško Vlašić (YUG) 1987: Marco Rossi (ITA) 1991: Saša Karan (YUG) 1993: Not held 1997: Pierre-Alexandre Vial (FRA) 2001: Prodromos Korkizoglou (GRE) 2005: Romain Barras (FRA)

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