Fotis Mavriplis

Fotis Mavriplis (, 31 January 1920 – 9 March 2012) was a Greek skier who competed in alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics, and who later worked as an aircraft engineer in Canada.

Early life and skiing career Mavriplis was born in Thessaloniki on 31 January 1920.

In the late 1930s he studied aeronautical engineering at the Technical University of Munich, and after finishing his studies he continued to work in Germany as an engineer. It was in this time that he began skiing regularly, in St Anton am Arlberg, and towards the end of World War II he moved to St Anton. He was the only competitor for Greece at the 1948 Winter Olympics, and was its flagbearer. He did not place well, finishing 101st in the downhill skiing event (second to last among competitors who finished the course) and failing to finish in the combined skiing event. Nevertheless, he maintained a lifelong love of the sport, continuing to ski until his last run in 2004 at the age of 84. He retired in 2001. In 2000 he was "recognized for his long-term contributions to aerospace in Canada" and selected as the W. Rupert Turnbull Lecturer of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, and in 2002 he was the John J. Green Lecturer at the 23rd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences.

Family and later life Mavriplis married Linda Calder in 1955; they had three children. as did their son Dimitri. Mavriplis died on 9 March, 2012, in Montreal.