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Nikolaos Georgantas (Greek: Νικόλαος Γεωργαντάς, February 27, 1880 (OS)/March 12, 1880 (NS) – November 23, 1958) was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.
Biography
He was born in Steno, Arcadia. He competed for a Greece in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, in the discus throw where he won the Bronze medal.
Two years later in Athens in his home country of Greece he won the gold medal in the stone throw competition in the 1906 Intercalated Games. He added two silvers to this to complete his collection. He was second in the Greek style discus throw behind Finland’s Verner Järvinen who he pushed into third when finishing second in the discus again behind America's Martin Sheridan who won for the second Olympics running.
Georgantas was the first Greek flag bearer at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In his last participation at the Olympic Games he took the 6th place in discus trow with 33,21 metres.