Efstathios Choraphas (in Greek: Ευστάθιος Χωραφάς, 1871 - ?) was a Greek

Greece

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 swimmer. He 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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.

Choraphas was the only swimmer to compete in all three of the open swimming events, as they were contested immediately after each other. His times in each of the events is unknown, as well as his place in the 100 metres freestyle

Freestyle swimming

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, but it is known that he placed third in both of the longer events. In the case of the 500 metres freestyle, Choraphas was the last of three swimmers. In the 1,200 metres freestyle, he bested six other swimmers despite having already swum 600 metres in close succession.