Vassilios Sillis

Vassilios Sillis (Greek: Βασίλειος Σίλλης; 9 March 1929 – 5 January 2018)[1] was a Greek athlete and a record holder over 400m in Greece.

As a sprinter he competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Athens.[2] in 2012 he returned his very first award by PSAT (Panhellenic Association of Athletics Press) taken in 1953.[3] He returned the award saying that he only wanted "to return a historical token of an institution that entails the great honour for any athlete who can be awarded by Sports Press".[4]

References
  1. Vassilios Sillis' obituary (in Greek)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vassilios Sillis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  3. Τίμησε τον ΠΣΑΤ ο Βασίλης Σύλλης, onsports.gr, 23-10-2012, retrieved 9-3-2016.
  4. PSAT website, retrieved 9-3-2016 (in Greek)



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