Antoin Miliordos (born 13 April 1924) is a Greek former alpine skier

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 who represented his nation at the Winter Olympic Games

Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...

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1952 Winter Olympics

Miliordos' only Winter Olympic appearance came at the 1952 Games

1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible...

 hosted in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway. Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...

 events at the Games were held at Norefjell

Norefjell

Norefjell is a norwegian mountain range in the Scandes Mountains system. It stretches between the valleys Eggedal and Hallingdal in Norway...

, a ski resort one and a half hours drive north from the capital, and Rødkleiva

Rødkleiva

Rødkleiva is a hill located on Frognerseter Hill in Oslo, Norway.During the 1952 Winter Olympics, it hosted the slalom alpine skiing events. The course was 1400 ft long with a 560 foot drop from start to finish....

 a ski resort known for its Nordic trails and ski jumping. He took part in two of the three skiing events at the Games, downhill and slalom.

A total of 81 athletes contested the downhill on 16 February at Norefjell. Miliordos was one of nine competitors to be disqualified from the event during the run. The gold medal in the event was won by Italian skier Zeno Colò

Zeno Colo

Zeno Colò was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy, born in Abetone, Tuscany. He was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s....

 who was the reigning world champion in the event having taken gold at the 1950 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950 were held February 13-18, 1950, on Ajax Mountain in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A.These were the first World Championships held outside of Europe, and the first official world championships since 1939...

 in Aspen

Aspen

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; Austrians Othmar Schneider

Othmar Schneider

Othmar Schneider is an Austrian former Alpine skier. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Schneider was gold medalist in the slalom and silver medalist in the downhill.-References:...

 and Christian Pravda

Christian Pravda

Christian Pravda was an alpine ski racer.He was born in Kufstein, Austria.At age 20, he participated in the 1948 Winter Olympics in the slalom, but was disqualified....

 took silver and bronze respectively.

The slalom event at the Games included 86 athletes and took place on 19 February at Rødkleiva. During his first run, Miliordos fell eighteen times. Disgusted, he decided to sit down part way through and then crossed the finish line facing backwards. His time of 2 minutes 26.9 seconds for one run was 26.9 seconds slower than gold medallist Othmar Schneider's time for two runs. He finished 79th and last of all skiers who completed the first run and did not advance to the second run. Stein Eriksen

Stein Eriksen

Stein Eriksen is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.-Background:Stein Eriksen was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Marius Eriksen and Birgit Heien . Stein's father, Marius Eriksen competed in the 1912 Olympic Games as a gymnast...

 and Guttorm Berge

Guttorm Berge

Guttorm Berge was a Norwegian Alpine skier.He was born in Vardal and died in Høvik.At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Berge was bronze medalist in the slalom, 1.7 seconds behind gold winner Othmar Schneider....

, both competing for Norway

Norway at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Norway was the host nation for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.By winning 7 gold medals, Norway had the most golds at these games. This would be the last time a host country would win the most gold medals at the Winter Olympics until Canada won the most gold medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in...

, took the silver and bronze behind Schneider.