Famous Victors
In 216 BC: Cleitomachus of Thebes (won wrestling, boxing and pankration on the same day).
Read more about this topic: Isthmian Games
Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or victors:
“Richard Burton is now my epitaph, my cross, my title, my image. I have achieved a kind of diabolical fame. It has nothing to do with my talents as an actor. That counts for little now. I am the diabolically famous Richard Burton.”
—Richard Burton (1925–1984)
“Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes it difficult to conclude a peace after a hard-won war. Generous victors are rare.”
—Amos Elon (b. 1926)