Anastasios Metaxas

<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2>
Metaxas was the royal architect of <a href="/facts/George_I_of_Greece/cvAexhMQ">George I of Greece</a> and is best known for being the architect chosen by <a href="/facts/George_Averoff/YkNA0NEN">George Averoff</a> to restore the <a href="/facts/Panathinaiko_Stadium/g7QsnCez">Panathinaiko Stadium</a> for the <a href="/facts/1896_Summer_Olympics/AMYeSPQ7">1896 Summer Olympics</a> in Athens, the birth of the modern Olympic movement, while the design was from <a href="/facts/Ernst_Ziller/W3YXfkT5">Ernst Ziller</a>. He studied architecture at <a href="/facts/TU_Dresden/FtSpjB7n">University of Dresden</a> and passed with honours. He expanded or reformed many historic buildings including the <a href="/facts/Benaki_Museum/IvwQj2WL">Benaki Museum</a> and the <a href="/facts/National_Archaeological_Museum%2c_Athens/fsbgCIM0">National Archaeological Museum, Athens</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> Other works of his include the design for <a href="/facts/St_Andrew%2527s_Cathedral%2c_Patras/CLP5GrxJ">St Andrew's Cathedral, Patras</a> and various public buildings and mansions in Athens.
Metaxas was also a shooter and appeared in four <a href="/facts/Summer_Olympics/AXNb8LcJ">Summer Olympics</a>, winning two medals.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> He firstly competed in the <a href="/facts/1896_Summer_Olympics/AMYeSPQ7">1896 Summer Olympics</a> in the stadium he helped restore, he entered the <a href="/facts/Shooting_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics_%25E2%2580%2593_Men%2527s_200_metre_military_rifle/ABfsFID0">200 metre military rifle</a> and the <a href="/facts/Shooting_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics_%25E2%2580%2593_Men%2527s_300_metre_free_rifle%2c_three_positions/wlVrJkgu">300 metre free rifle, three positions</a> and he would end up finishing in fourth place in both events.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a>
Ten years later, Metaxas competed at the <a href="/facts/1906_Intercalated_Games/qoQHlkJe">1906 Intercalated Games</a>, where he competed in nine events,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> with his best result being a silver medal in the Trap, double shot at 14 metres.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> Two years later Metaxas won a bronze medal in the trap shooting event at the 1908 Summer Olympics, held in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, tying for third place with <a href="/facts/Great_Britain/TNgGQRPj">British</a> shooter <a href="/facts/Alexander_Maunder/WGANUdmu">Alexander Maunder</a>, with 57 of 80 targets hit.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a>
In 1912, aged 50, Metaxas made his final Olympic appearance at the <a href="/facts/1912_Summer_Olympics/K9p5Irs2">1912 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/facts/Stockholm/sD74W4Pm">Stockholm</a>, <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a>, where he finished sixth in the <a href="/facts/Shooting_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%25E2%2580%2593_Men%2527s_trap/7Y44CkB3">trap competition</a> and 35th in the <a href="/facts/Shooting_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%25E2%2580%2593_Men%2527s_30_metre_rapid_fire_pistol/Ekq7zK8D">30 metre rapid fire pistol event</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a>
Metaxas would later turn to politics as a member of the <a href="/facts/People%2527s_Party_(Greece)/7o8FHx4z">People's Party</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a>

<h2 id="architectural-works">Architectural works</h2>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42642">Anastasios Metaxas</a> at <a href="/facts/Olympedia/dE2x9aLq">Olympedia</a><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486837#P8286"> </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.hoc.gr/en/athletes/metaxas-anastasios/">Anastasios Metaxas</a> at the <a href="/facts/Hellenic_Olympic_Committee/vy8XFHPL">Hellenic Olympic Committee</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">"Anastasios Metaxas, Bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/anastasios-metaxas-1.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/anastasios-metaxas-1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"Anastasios Metaxas". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020. <a href="https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42642" target="_blank">https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42642</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"Anastasios Metaxas". sansimera.gr. Retrieved 23 April 2017. <a href="https://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/611" target="_blank">https://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/611</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"Anastasios Metaxas, Bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/anastasios-metaxas-1.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/anastasios-metaxas-1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"Shooting at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132612/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1896/SHO/mens-free-rifle-three-positions-300-metres.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132612/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1896/SHO/mens-free-rifle-three-positions-300-metres.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"Shooting at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Military Rifle, 200 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130611/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1896/SHO/mens-military-rifle-200-metres.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130611/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1896/SHO/mens-military-rifle-200-metres.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"Anastasios Metaxas, Bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/anastasios-metaxas-1.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/anastasios-metaxas-1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"Shooting at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's Trap, Double Shot, 14 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200418125731/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/SHO/mens-trap-double-shot-14-metres.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200418125731/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/SHO/mens-trap-double-shot-14-metres.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. p. 280. Metaxas's medal in this event does not appear in the IOC medal database. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"Anastasios Metaxas, Bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/anastasios-metaxas-1.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/anastasios-metaxas-1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">"Anastasios Metaxas". sansimera.gr. Retrieved 23 April 2017. <a href="https://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/611" target="_blank">https://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/611</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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