Vassilios Sillis

Vassilios Sillis (Greek: Βασίλειος Σίλλης; 9 March 1929 – ) is a Greek former athlete and a record holder on 400m in Greece.

As a sprinter he competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Athens.^[1] in 2012 he returned his very first award by PSAT (Panhellenic Association of Athletics Press) taken in 1953.^[2] 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".^[3]

References

1. "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
2. Τίμησε τον ΠΣΑΤ ο Βασίλης Σύλλης, onsports.gr, 23-10-2012, retrieved 9-3-2016.
3. PSAT website, retrieved 9-3-2016 (in Greek)