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Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron became the first ice dancers to break through the 200-point barrier

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[:el] Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France became the first ice dancers to break through the 200-point barrier, winning the ISU Grand Audi Cup of China on Saturday in Beijing. The French team, each age 22, set a personal best of 81.10 points in...

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Analyst of NCAA Basketball games

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[:el] Steve Lappas is a game and studio analyst for Westwood One Sports’ coverage of NCAA Basketball and the NCAA Tournament. Prior to this position, he was a college basketball coach. Steve Lappas was born on 18 March 1954. His father has origins from Perista...

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Owner of the NBA’s Detroit Pistons

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[:el] Tom Gores is the Chairman and CEO of Platinum Equity. He oversees more than 25 companies with $6 billion in assets. Tom Gores appears on both the Forbes list of the World’s Billionaires as well as the Forbes list of Richest Americans and is among...

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Greek researcher reveals the sports that will save your life

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[:el] An international research collaboration, led by a Greek researcher, has found that cycling, swimming, aerobics and racquet sports offer life saving benefits compared to running and football. Published today in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the study also found that death from cardiovascular disease...

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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...

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One of the highest paid players in the NFL

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[:el] Anthony “Tony” George Pashos is a former professional player in the NFL Championship, the best league of the American football and is considered to be one of the highest paid players in the NFL. Pashos was born on 3 August 1980 in Palos Heights, Illinois of...

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World Champion in ice skating

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[:el] Gabriella Papadakis is an ice dancer and with her partner in ice skating Guillaume Cizeron are the 2015 World champion, the 2015 and 2016 European champion, the 2014 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and two-time (2015, 2016) French national champion. Papadakis was born on...

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A big tennis-star

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Maria Sakkari is a top tennis player with a ranking of 32 and 293 in singles and doubles respectively and she is considered the second-best Greek tennis player of all time. Sakkari was born on 25 July 1995 in Athens. Her mother, Aggeliki Kanellopoulou, is...

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The 10 best rivers in Greece for rafting

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[:el] Rafting is a team sport, a recreational outdoor activity which uses an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. The crew consists of a professional river guide and 6-12 paddlers depending on the size of the raft which is determined by the degree...

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Former head coach of the Australian National Association Football Team

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[:el] Angelos Postecoglou is a Greek Australian former football player and the head coach of the Australian National Association Football Team until 2017. He’s acknowledged as the most successful football coach in Australia with four championships in his career. He was born on August 27th,...

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron became the first ice dancers to break through the 200-point barrier

Analyst of NCAA Basketball games

Owner of the NBA’s Detroit Pistons

Greek researcher reveals the sports that will save your life

One of the few Greek professional NFL Players

One of the highest paid players in the NFL

World Champion in ice skating

A big tennis-star

The 10 best rivers in Greece for rafting

Former head coach of the Australian National Association Football Team

A Nobel Prize awarded Greek poet

Between mountains and sea

A Greek Moulin Rouge dancer holds a Guinness World Record

Giorgos Kougioumtzidis – The first Greek “golden” World Champion in wrestling

Lucas Samaras – The Greek “father” of selfies

From doctor in Australia, to Hollywood famous director

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