Milo of Croton is described in the public record as 6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton.
Milo or Milon of Croton (fl. 540 – 511 BC) was a famous ancient Greek athlete from Croton, which is today in the Magna Graecia region of southern Italy. Milo was a six-time winner at the Olympics, once for boys' wrestling in 540 BC at the 60th Olympics and later five times for wrestling at the 62nd to 66th Olympics. He continued competing long after what would have been considered a normal Olympic athlete's prime, and would have been over 40 years of age by the 67th Olympiad. He also attended many of the Pythian Games. His historicity is attested by many classical authors, among them Aristotle, Pausanias, Cicero, Herodotus, Vitruvius, Epictetus, and the author of the Suda, but there are many legendary stories surrounding him.
Milo of Croton is recorded among the figures by whom ancient athletics is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
The ancient Olympic festival ran for close to twelve centuries, and a victory was recorded by the athlete's name, his father's name and his city, which is the reason any of these competitors are known at all.
