Coroebus of Elis

Coroebus of Elis (, Kóroibos Ēleîos; ) was a Greek cook, baker, and athlete from Elis. He is remembered as the winner (, olympioníkes) He is frequently described as having won the first Olympic Games, but Eusebius and other ancient writers stated that he was simply the first recorded winner, variously placing the first games in the Heroic Age, 27 olympiads before Coroebus, or 13 olympiads before. long and the competition was still clothed in his time, naked competition beginning with Orsippus around 720 . For winning the race, Coroebus received an olive wreath and was later revered by the people of Elis, his grave still being known in the time of Pausanias.