Event: Kapros son of Pythagoras from Elis (Elis)
Event ID | 4347 |
Person | Kapros son of Pythagoras from Elis in Elis |
Festival | Olympia in Olympia (Elis) |
Discipline | combat sports: pankration |
Age Category | |
Date | -212 - -212 |
Achievement | V |
Comment: | Kapros, son of Pythagoras, won both the wrestling and pankration at the same Olympiad (142nd = 212 BC); he was the first to do so (only second to Herakles: deuteros ap' Herakles). In wrestling, he defeated Paianios (ID 1092 in this database) and he defeated Kleitomachos (ID 527 in this database) in pankration. [DvdL] |