Dimitrios Negrepontis (Greek: Δημήτριος Νεγρεπόντης; 25 March 1915 – June 1996), also Dimitrios Ioannis Negroponte or Dimitri John Negroponte, was the first-ever Greek to participate in the winter Olympics as an alpine skier known today for not saluting Hitler. He later became a successful shipping magnate.[1]
Negrepontis was born in Lausanne, Switzerland on 25 March 1915 coming from Greek diaspora and the Negroponte family of the island of Chios. He raised in Klosters and Davos, Switzerland.[1]
As a Greek Olympian, he carried the flag into the stadium in 1936. He did not salute Hitler.[1] He competed in the men's combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics.[2]
Negrepontis was married to Catherine Coumantaros (1917–2000),[3] who ran the Friends of Greece shop at 52 East 57th Street.[4] Together, they lived in Manhattan's Upper East Side and were the parents of four sons:
Negrepontis died in London in June 1996.[1]