Leonidas of Rhodes
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Born | 188 BC Rhodes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event(s) | Stadion, Diaulos, and Hoplitodromos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leonidas of Rhodes (
Olympic career
Competing in the Olympic Games of the 154th Olympiad in 164 BC, the last of the "golden age" of the ancient Games,
His number of victories are a testament to his versatility as a runner. Philostratus the Athenian wrote in his Gymnastikos that Leonidas made all previous theories of runners' training and body types obsolete.[8] The stadion and the diaulos, foot races of some 200 and 400 meters respectively, were best suited to sprinters, while the hoplitodromos (a diaulos performed with bronze armor and shield) required more muscular strength and endurance.
References
- ^ Lahanas, Michael. "Famous Ancient Greek Athletes". Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ "Olympic Games - Winter Summer Past and Future Olympics".
- ISBN 978-0300115291– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9781987944006– via Google Books.
- ISBN 978-0-313-32278-5.
- ^ "Greatest Ancient Olympians - The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games - Penn Museum".
- ^ Society, The Biblical Archaeology (24 August 2015). "The 12 Greatest Ancient Olympians - The BAS Library".
- ^ Philostratus II. Gymnastikos. p. 33.