Spiros Louis
Diplomacy
Germany Returns 1896 Olympic Marathon Winner Spyros Louis' Prize to Greece
''Skyphos,'' an ancient pottery vessel won by Spyros Louis, the first winner of the Marathon in the first modern Olympic Games of Athens in 1896, was returned to Greece from Germany recently and was put on public display in...
Greece
120th Anniversary of Spiros Louis' Win at the Olympic Marathon
March 29, 2016 marked the 120th anniversary since runner Spiros Louis entered the Kallimarmaro Stadium and finished in first place at the 1st Marathon at the first contemporary Olympics that took place in 1896.
Among the thousands of attendees that...