Welcome to the page about the famous athletes that competed in the ancient olympics!!! There were many different athletes that competed in the ancient olympics, but there were some very famous for what they did. they came from many different parts of greece. like sparta, rhodes, croton, and many other cities, some of them weren't even greek.
one of these famous athletes, which is from sparta, was cynisca of sparta, which was the owner of a four-horse chariot and also the first woman to be listed as an olympic victor.
one of these famous athletes, which is from sparta, was cynisca of sparta, which was the owner of a four-horse chariot and also the first woman to be listed as an olympic victor.
another one of these famous athletes, which is from rhode, is diagoras of rhode was famous for boxing 79th olympiad in 494 b.c.. his sons, akusilaos and damagetos are famous for boxing and pankration
there is also astylos of croton, from croton, who is famous for running. stadion, dialuos, and hoplitodromos are the runs he is famous for. there is also a few other famous athletes from croton, like milo of croton, who was famous for wrestling, stanliobos of croton, who is famous for stadion, and timasitheos of croton, who is famous for wrestling.
there are also famous athletes from different cities like, koroibos of elis,who is famous for being the very first olympic champion, and also famous for stadion, there is orsippus of megara, who is famous for diaulos, and there is theagenes of thasos who is a famous boxer, pankratiast, and runner.
some athletes aren't all from greece, but from different places, like tiberius, who is famous for being a steerer of a four-horse chariot. there is also nero, who is famous for bring a steerer of a ten-horse chariot, and varastades, who is famous for boxing, and is known as the last known ancient olympic victor, during the olympic game sin the 4th century, these games for the 291st.
these athletes were very big victors for many different types of sports. sports like boxing, chariot races, running, and much more. they were from many different types of victors from different city-states. some of the victors from different areas weren't even from greece, but still became great competitors.