George Athans Sr.
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| Full name | George Dimitri Athans Sr. | ||||||||||||||
| Born | January 4, 1921 Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Died | February 27, 2007 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
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George Dimitri Athans Sr. (4 January 1921 – 27 February 2007) was a Canadian diver. He was born in Kelowna, British Columbia, and was the father of Gary Athans. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he placed 25th in 10 metre platform. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he placed 8th in men's platform and 9th in springboard.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Athans". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
External links
[edit]- George Dimitri Athans Sr. at World Aquatics
- George Athans Sr. at Team Canada
- George Athans Sr. at Olympics.com
- George Athans Sr. at Olympedia
- Dr. George Athans at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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