Karasevdas competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he won a gold medal for the host country.

[1][2] Karasevdas was born in the town of Astakos in 1877 and he studied law at the University of Athens,[3] but would later become a military officer with participation almost in every military event of Greece from the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 to the Greek Resistance during World War II, including the First Balkan War where he was seriously injured in Samos.

[3] A prominent Venizelist and anti-Royalist, he was elected an MP since 1910 and was voted in two more times.

[3] Karasevdas died on 14 March 1946 in Astakos the same town he was born in.

[3] Karasevdas was just 19 years old when he competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics, he entered three shooting events, in the 200 metre military rifle, he won by a huge margin, scoring 2,350 points and hitting the target with all 40 shots,[5] he also competed in the 300 metre free rifle event, placing fifth with a score of 1,039 out of 20 official starters,[6] and in his other event the military pistol event, Karasevdas abandoned the competition after firing two of the five strings of six shots.