- Milo was a six-time Olympic victor. He won the boys' wrestling (probably in 540 BC), and thereafter five men's wrestling titles between 536 and 520 BCE. He also won seven crowns at the Pythian Games at Delphi (one as a boy
- Milo of Croton was a 6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton, who enjoyed a brilliant wrestling career and won many victories in the most important athletic festivals of ancient Greece.
In This activity I had to find facts about Milo of Croton I found some interesting facts in the Wikipedia site. It was quite hard finding these facts and I found out that he was a 6th century BC wrestler.
Hi Mya,
ReplyDeleteYou have done a good job of sourcing facts about Milo of Croton. There aren't a huge number of websites from which to get this information because he is a bit of a mystery. He was alive thousands of years ago and there are very few reliable sources of information about what life was like 4000 years ago!
Having said that, it looks like you were able to use Wikipedia to learn a bit about him. He was a very strong man and an elite wrestler who won numerous Olympic titles. Interestingly, he doesn't hold the record for the most wins at the Olympics. That title is held by a swimmer from the United States of America named Michael Phelps. He has won an astonishing 22 Olympic medals. That is pretty amazing, isn't it?!
Well, I hope that you continue to challenge yourself and to learn more about the Olympics and the amazing athletes who compete in them over the next few weeks. There are plenty of interesting activities still to discover!
Cheers, Rachel