Nikolaos Levidis born August 25, 1868, date of death unknown) was a Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 shooter

Shooting sports

A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...

 in the 1896 Summer Olympics

1896 Summer Olympics

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...

 and in the 1912 Summer Olympics

1912 Summer Olympics

The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...

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He was born in Corfu

Corfu

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Levidis competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics

1896 Summer Olympics

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...

 in Athens

Athens

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 in the free rifle event

Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's free rifle

The men's free rifle was one of the five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The second rifle event and last of the shooting events, the free rifle was begun on 11 April. Each marksman fired 40 shots, in four strings of ten. 25 men entered the event,...

. His place and score in the event are not known, though he did not finish in the top five.

Sixteen years later at the 1912 Summer Olympics

1912 Summer Olympics

The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...

 he participated in the following events:

• 300 metre military rifle, three positions
  Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 300 metre military rifle, three positions
  The men's 300 metre military rifle from three positions was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908...
  
   - fourth place
• Team 25 metre small-bore rifle
  Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 25 metre team small-bore rifle
  The men's 25 metre team small-bore rifle was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, though a mixed-distance team small-bore rifle event had been held in 1908...
  
   - fourth place
• Team 50 metre small-bore rifle
  Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre team small-bore rifle
  The men's 50 metre team small-bore rifle was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, though a mixed-distance team small-bore rifle event had been held in 1908...
  
   - fifth place
• Team military rifle
  Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's team rifle
  The men's team rifle was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, June 29, 1912....
  
   - seventh place
• 100 metre running deer, single shots
  Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre running deer, single shots
  The men's 100 metre deer, single shots was a shooting sports event held as part of the shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. The competition was held from Friday, June 28, 1912 to Monday, July 1,...
  
   - 15th place
• 25 metre small-bore rifle
  Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 25 metre small-bore rifle
  The men's 25 metre small-bore rifle was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Friday, July 5, 1912.Thirty-six sport shooters from eight nations competed.-Results:-References:*...
  
   - 30th place
• 30 metre dueling pistol
  Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
  The men's 30 metre dueling pistol was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had not been featured at the 1908 Games...
  
   - 34th place
• 600 metre free rifle
  Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 600 metre free rifle
  The men's 600 metre free rifle was a shooting sports event held as part of the Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only appearance of the event, though a 1000 yard free rifle event was held in 1908. The competition was held on Monday, July 1, 1912.Eighty-five sport shooters...
  
  - 52nd place

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