Athlete

A golden page for Greek sport was written in the past few days in Budapest, at the World Karate Championships. The Greek champion, Stefanos Xenos, forced the fans of the sport to bow to the Greek flag and to him, after his sweeping performance in...

Carries Disabled Woman on his Back to the Top of Mount Olympus

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Long-distance runner Marios Giannakou completed the race of his life on Monday as he climbed to the summit of Mount Olympus carrying the disabled Eleftheria Tosiou on his back. “There is nothing more real than the dream,” Giannakou wrote on Instagram, as...

Famous Greeks

Τhe first woman to ever receive the Olympic Light in the history of the Games

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Anna Korakaki is a shooter and Olympic gold medalist, as she won the gold medal in the 25-meter pistol at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In the same organization, she won the bronze medal in the 10-meter air pistol and became the...

Gold at his first participation in such a top event

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[:el]Miltiadis Tentoglou won the gold medal in the long jump at the European Athletics Championship in Berlin and had the greatest success of his career at the age of just 20 years. Last year’s “golden” Teen-champion of the Europian competition, conquered the highest place with...

Greek basketball player named National Player of the week in USA

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[:el] The accolades keep coming for Suffolk University women’s basketball player Georgia Bourikas, a senior fine arts major. The Greek athlete was recognized by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and named Division III Women’s Basketball National Player of the Week. Bourikas is the...

One of the few Greek professional NFL Players

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[:el] Niko Koutouvides is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Koutouvides was born on 25 March 1981 in New Britain, Connecticut. His paternal grandfather fled Asia Minor during the Greek-Turkish War...

One of the legends of ice hockey

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[:el]Christos Kostas Chelios, better known as Chris Chelios is a legend of ice hockey, a coach, an instructor and the president of the company CCH Xtreme. Chris Chelios was born on 25 January 1962 in Chicago in the United States and he is of Greek...

He was awarded with the “Order of Australia” Medal for his contribution to Sports

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George Peponis, a Greek from Peloponesse, succeeded to be one of the top rugby league football players in Australia and was awarded with the Order of Australia Medal for his contribution to rugby. He started his career as a rugby player in 1972 for the...

Nick Kyrgios beats Rafa Nadal in Wimbledon

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Nick Kyrgios, the Greek Malaysian Australian professional tennis player managed to beat the world No1 Rafael Nadal and reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. «I want to be the number one player in the world. That’s my motivation. I’ve never had anything like this happen in my...

Writing his chapter in the American baseball’s history

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