Kostas Tsiklitiras

Men's Athletics
Silver	1908	Standing long jump
Silver	1908	Standing high jump
Gold	1912	Standing long jump
Bronze	1912	Standing high jump

Kostas Tsiklitiras was a Greek track and field star and Gold Medalist at the 1912 Olympic Games of Stockholm.

Tsiklitiras was born in Pylos, Messinia in 1888 to a historic and rich family that contributed to the War of Independence.

His family sent him to Athens to study at the Merchant Academy. While in Athens, Tsiklitiras joined Panellinios Gymnastic Club as a track and field athlete. In the Olympic Games of 1908 in London, Tsiklitiras won silver medals in the standing high jump (1.55m) and standing broad jump (3.245m). In 1912, at Stockholm, he won bronze for the standing high jump but gold in the standing broad jump (3.37m). Prior to the 1912 Games, he had broken Ray Ewry's world record in the standing broad jump with a jump of 3.47m.

Tsiklitiras also played football for POA - the ancestor club of Panathinaikos. His position was goalkeeper.

During the First Balkan War, Tsiklitiras joined the Greek Army as a sergeant and fought at the front line in Epirus. However, he contacted meningitis and died on February 3, 1913. The entire Greek nation mourned his death.

The Tsiklitiria meeting was established in 1963 in his memory. The games acquired great success during the decade of 1970 as Olympic games winners and athletes with world records competed in these meetings.