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Sotiris Versis

Sotiris Versis (Greek Σωτήρης Βερσής), was a Greek athlete who competed in the discus throw, shot put and weightlifting.

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Bronze 1896 Discus Throw
Bronze 1896 weightlifting

Versis was born in Athens in 1879. He competed for a Greece in the 1896 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, in the discus throw where he won third place with a throw of 28.78m. He also won third place in weightlifting.

Versis broke the Greek record in the shot put on May 13, 1900 with 11.49m. He broke the Greek record in the discus throw on May 21, 1896 with 29.50m.

He died in 1918 of Asian flu.