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| Born | (1862-02-27)27 February 1862 Athens, Greece |
| Died | 28 January 1937(1937-01-28) (aged 74) Athens, Greece |
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| Sport | Sports shooting |
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Anastasios Metaxas (Greek:Αναστάσιος Μεταξάς; 27 February 1862 – 28 January 1937) was aGreekarchitect andshooter.[1][2]
Metaxas was the royal architect ofGeorge I of Greece and is best known for being the architect chosen byGeorge Averoff to restore thePanathinaiko Stadium for the1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the birth of the modern Olympic movement, while the design was fromErnst Ziller. He studied architecture atUniversity of Dresden and passed with honours. He expanded or reformed many historic buildings including theBenaki Museum and theNational Archaeological Museum, Athens.[3] Other works of his include the design forSt Andrew's Cathedral, Patras and various public buildings and mansions in Athens.
Metaxas was also a shooter and appeared in fourSummer Olympics, winning two medals.[1] He firstly competed in the1896 Summer Olympics in the stadium he helped restore, he entered the200 metre military rifle and the300 metre free rifle, three positions and he would end up finishing in fourth place in both events.[4][5]
Ten years later, Metaxas competed at the1906 Intercalated Games, where he competed in nine events,[1] with his best result being a silver medal in the Trap, double shot at 14 metres.[6] Two years later Metaxas won a bronze medal in the trap shooting event at the 1908 Summer Olympics, held inLondon, tying for third place withBritish shooterAlexander Maunder, with 57 of 80 targets hit.[7]
In 1912, aged 50, Metaxas made his final Olympic appearance at the1912 Summer Olympics inStockholm,Sweden, where he finished sixth in thetrap competition and 35th in the30 metre rapid fire pistol event.[1]
Metaxas would later turn to politics as a member of thePeople's Party.[3]
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