Nikolaos Trikoupis

Nikolaos Trikoupis
Greek generals at the Kırşehir POW camp: from left to right, Col. Dimitrios Dimaras (4th Division), Maj. Gen. Nikolaos Trikoupis (I Corps), Staff Col. Adnan or Kemaleddin Sami, Maj. Gen. Kimon Digenis (II Corps) and Lieutenant Emin
Born	1868 Missolonghi
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece Second Hellenic Republic
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1888–1927
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	3rd Infantry Division, II Army Corps, III Army Corps
Battles/wars	Greco-Turkish War of 1897, Balkan Wars, World War I, Asia Minor Campaign

Olympic medal record
Men's Shooting
	1896 Athens	Military rifle

Nikolaos Trikoupis (Greek: Νικόλαος Τρικούπης; 1868–1956) was a Greek general and politician, most notable for his service in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, where he was taken as a prisoner of war. He also participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics, where he came third at the military rifle.

Born in Mesolongi in 1868 to Themistoklis Trikoupis, he entered the Greek Army Academy, which he graduated in 1888 as an Artillery Second Lieutenant. He furthered his studies in France, where he remained from 1889 to 1895, completing his tour there with courses at the École Supérieure de Guerre. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, in the military rifle and the free rifle events. He came third in the first with a score of 1,713, after hitting the target 34 times out of a possible 40. His place and score in the second event are unknown, except that he did not finish in the top five.

In the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, he participated as chief of staff of the 1st Infantry Division. He joined the newly established General Staff Corps in 1904, and participated in the Balkan Wars of 1912–13 as chief of staff of the 3rd Infantry Division and the Damianos Detachment. After the Balkan Wars he served as regimental commander, and served as chief of staff of the III Army Corps and then as Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff.