Coroebus of Elis, commonly spelled Koroibos (Greek: Κόροιβος Ἠλεῖος), was a Greek cook,[1] baker[2] and athlete from Elis, who won the stadion race in the first recorded Ancient Olympic Games in 776 BC.[3]
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The stadion race of the Greeks seem to have been accurately recorded. The prestige of winning the race was much more significant than the prize he received, which was an olive branch.[4]
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^Michael Symons, A History of Cooks and Cooking, University of Illinois Press, 2003, p.300
^Robert Garland. Celebrity in Antiquity: From Media Tarts to Tabloid Queens. London: Duckworth, 2006.
^Stefan Lehmann: Olympia, das Grab des Koroibos und die Altertumswissenschaften in Halle, in: Olympisch bewegt. Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Manfred Lämmer, hrsg. vom Institut für Sportgeschichte der Deutschen Sporthochschule Köln und dem Carl und Liselott Diem-Archiv, Köln 2003, S. 163–175.
