He was born in
Steno,
Tripoli,
Arcadia. He competed for Greece in the
1904 Summer Olympics held in
St. Louis, Missouri, in the discus throw where he won the
Bronze medal. He also entered the shot-put, but after his first two attempts were called fouls for throwing, he withdrew in disgust. Two years later in
Athens, in his home country of
Greece, he won the gold medal in the stone throw competition at the
1906 Intercalated Games. He added two silver medals in the Greek style discus throw (behind
Finland’s
Verner Järvinen) and in the normal discus again behind
America's
Martin Sheridan, who won his second consecutive Olympic title. Georgantas was the first
Greek flag bearer at the
1908 Summer Olympics in London. In his last participation at the Olympic Games he took sixth place in the discus with 33.21 metres. ==References==