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People
Olympic Games
Ifikratis Kokkidis (1833-1922)
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Ifikratis
Kokkidis {Ιφικράτης
Κοκκίδης} (1833-1922). Colonel. He was a methodical man, a citizen of the
world and highly respected in the Greek community as he was honored for his heroism. He
was in charge of the reception and accommodation of the foreigners who visited Athens for
the 1896 Olympic Games. He was the Chief of Staff of the Greek Army Corps that entered
Ottoman-occupied Thessaly {Thessalia
~ Θεσσαλία} in 1876. He was fluent in at least three languages and since 1890 he
was teaching Military History in the Hellenic
Army Academy 
. He retired after the Olympic Games, at the age of
63, in June 1896.
Ifikratis Kokkidis (1833-1922)
01-25-2005