Who was Leonidas of rhodes who surpassed Phelps in Rio…;

The American star of swimming, Michael Phelps broke a olympic record of over…
2,000-year-old, winning his 22nd medal of his career, surpassing the 12 individual titles won by Leonidas of rhodes, a champion of antiquity.
For this reason, yes, mayor Rhodes invited the famous athlete to visit Rhodes!
Leonidas of rhodes was a runner who became famous for his victories in three events: The stage, canal and the great οπλιτοδρομία. As stated in a relevant announcement on the website of the Foundation for the hellenic world, historical accounts characterize as the athlete with the “pass rate” (demon speed). The descendent from runner managed to beat all three events in four consecutive Olympics, a feat never repeated by another athlete. It is considered particularly impressive, because all three events were speed roads or/and a middle-distance race: As you know, is particularly difficult to maintain a runner the stamina and speed for such a period of time -four Olympiads – from what a boxer or a wrestler of his strength.
Leonidas (who became “τριαστής”, managing to win first in all three sports on the same day) won his first olympic victories in 164 bc.X. (154th Olympiad) and in the three events of the road and followed those of the 160 p.G., of the 156 p.X. and, finally, of the 152 e.G., when at the age of 36 years gave the island of the three wreaths. Is considered to have been of aristocratic origin.
The particular miraculous of the whole thing is the supremacy of the οπλιτοδρομία (private road), as well as require a completely different physical characteristics in relation to other sports (racing) that excelled: One of the most difficult events of the Olympics, as well as, in contrast to other athletics events, where the athletes ran naked, the runners here were running with a warrior’s armour – helmet, leggings, and a heavy bronze shield, at temperatures which, as we know very well and from the modern Greek summer, can be touched, and 40 degrees Celsius . It was introduced to the Olympics in 520 bc.G., namely, in the 65th Olympiad, and the route of the private road was 2 to 4 stages (usually 2 stages, such as the channel), i.e., from 370 up to 740 meters. The private road shall be considered as a eulogy race in honour of some dead hero, and it was the last race of road of the Olympics, maybe to remind the end of the Olympic Truce. Pausanias mentions that at Olympia, the temple of Zeus where stored 25 bronze shields, which are distributed to οπλιτοδρόμους for the celebration of the games.