Angelos Fetsis (, 1878 – 16 October 1968) was a Greek athlete.

Biography

Fetsis born in 1878 to Ionnis Fetsis and Smaragda Filippa, and was originally from the village of Lefkada, but he moved with his family to the Athenian district of Kallithea in 1891. He began his education at the Primary School of Lefkada, he then attended the Varvakeio High School, which he graduated from aged 18. He then joined the National Gymnastics Association and became a gymnastics teacher after training at the Athens School of Gymnasts.

He was a member of the Athlitikos Omilos Athinon, and in March 1896, he won the 800 and 1500 metres races of the Panhellenic Athletics Championships, which selected the Greek athletes for the 1896 Olympic Games. In the Olympics, he competed in the 800 metres. He did not get a qualifying placement in his preliminary heat to get him to the final. In the 1500 metres, he also failed to qualify for the finals. In 1907, he founded the Diagoras Athletic Club. In 1910, after the dissolution of his club, Athlitikos Omolis Athinon, he joined Ethnikos G.S. Athens. He opened a gymnasium in Makrygianni, Athens. In 1908, he founded the O Aris Shooting Club.

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