Dimitrios Negrepontis (Greek: Δημήτριος Νεγρεπόντης; 25 March 1915 – June 1996), also Dimitrios Ioannis Negroponte or Dimitri John Negroponte, was the first-ever Greek to participate in the winter Olympics as an alpine skier.
Known today for not saluting Hitler, he later became a successful shipping magnate.
[1] Negrepontis was born in Lausanne, Switzerland on 25 March 1915 coming from Greek diaspora and the Negroponte family of the island of Chios.
[2] Negrepontis was married to Catherine Coumantaros (1917–2000),[3] who ran the Friends of Greece shop at 52 East 57th Street.
[4] Together, they lived in Manhattan's Upper East Side and were the parents of four sons: Negrepontis died in London in June 1996.