Ancient Greeks began the tradition of celebrating athletic prowess and prestige in their Olympic Games, held every four years in honor of the mythological god Zeus. In 1896, the millennia-old ...

A medal from the first modern ... as well as two images of Tsitas in his prime as a 24-year-old who competed at Athens 1896 and in later age. Tsitas was one of five competitors from four nations ...

A medal from the first modern Olympic Games held in at the 1896 Athens is expected to sell for ... the end of the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic era. Table tennis: Brazil’s Bruna Costa Alexandre will ...

Connolly of Massachusetts, received a medal made of silver and an olive branch in the 1896 Athens games ... more standardized — yet still bearing images, materials and elements symbolic to ...

From that modest start in Athens with 241 ... claimed 47 total medals to top the table, with the United States winning 11 gold. Gymnast Hermann Weingartner earned six medals in all: three gold, two ...

The silver medal was made for the first modern Olympic Games, which were held in Athens in the summer of 1896. At the time, winners in each sport were awarded silver medals instead of the shiny ...

The modern Olympic Games are inspired by the ancient games held at Olympia in Greece from the 8th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D. The 1896 Athens Olympic Second Place Bronze Medal ...