Complex sentence: Sokratis Lagoudakis (born 1861 in Crete--died June 3,1944 in Alexandria, Egypt) was a Greek long-distance runner who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Split into simpler sentences: Sokratis Lagoudakis (born 1861 in Kriti--died June 3,1944 in Alexandria, El-Iskanderiya) was a Greek track and field athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.