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Athletic Voice

Grigoris Nanis

News, commentary, and analysis of the most significant sporting events of the week, featuring interviews with Greek athletes excelling in major Greek, European, and global competitions.

Emmanouela Katzouraki on “Athletic Voice” | 17 Apr. 2026
The European champion title in the women’s skeet event marks yet another major international distinction for Greek sport and for Emmanouela Katzouraki. Following her gold medal at the European Championship in France, she continued her success on the podium, securing the bronze medal at the Skeet W...
Giorgos Pomaski on “Athletic Voice” | 03 Apr. 2026
Greece claimed its 17th medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships, with Emmanouil Karalis winning silver in the pole vault event in Poland. Renowned coach Giorgos Pomaski—one of the most distinguished in the world in terms of achievements—offered his analysis of the Greek participation (se...
Afroditi Bitsakou on “Athletic Voice” | 28 Mar. 2026
She is widely described as the wonder child of Greek water polo. At the European Championship in Portugal, she won the bronze medal with the Greek national team, becoming the youngest athlete ever to compete for the national squad at just 14 years old. Afroditi Bitsakou already has three more medals...
Antonia Giannakopoulou on “Athletic Voice” | 20 Mar. 2026
She won the silver medal at the European Boxing Championships in Budapest. Antonia Giannakopoulou competed in Hungary in the 54 kg category, in the under-23 division. This marks her third medal in the competition, following her gold in 2021 and bronze in 2023. The Greek boxer shared the story...
Stathis Kalogeropoulos on “Athletic Voice” | 13 Mar. 2026
The Greece men’s national water polo team added the only medal missing from its collection, winning bronze at the European Championship in Serbia, thus completing the set of distinctions from the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships. A key member of the squad was Stathis K...
Maria Rafailidou on “Athletic Voice” | 06 Mar. 2026
She is the European champion in shot put. With a throw of 16 meters and 16 centimeters in Finland, she won the gold medal at the European Championship in the under-20 age category. Maria Rafailidou stepped onto the top of the podium for the second time, following her earlier first-place finish...
Maria Stratoudaki on “Athletic Voice” | 27 Feb. 2026
“A remarkable young prodigy of European weightlifting.” This is how the European Federation described Maria Stratoudaki on its official website, following her achievement of three gold medals — in snatch, clean and jerk, and total — at the European Championship in Spain, in the 53 kg weight categor...
Aristeidis Psarros on “Athletic Voice” | 20 Feb. 2026
He made history: with the bronze medal he won in China, Aristeidis Psarros became the youngest Greek — at just 17 years old — ever to step onto the podium of a Men’s World Taekwondo Championship. He later went on to be crowned European Champion at the European Junior Championship in Switzerland. He recou...
Giorgos Passas on “Athletic Voice” | 13 Feb. 2026
The Greek National Team claimed the gold medal at the Fencing World Cup in the épée event. Artemis Tzovanis, Peter Theodoropoulos and Konstantinos Karampasis stood at the top of the podium in Costa Rica, competing in the Under-20 category. Their success continued just as impressively. Representing G...
Yiannis Galanopoulos on “Athletic Voice” | 06 Feb. 2026
People, events, encounters, behind-the-scenes stories, and the unexpected — in and beyond Greece, in and beyond the world of sport. Forty years in the mass media. Forty years of documenting events, captured in "With a Pen and a "Microphone," the book by Yiannis Galanopoulos. An ERT journalist for 3...
Giorgos Kosta on “Athletic Voice” | 30 Jan. 2026
Revenue from sports tourism worldwide is expected to exceed 2 trillion dollars by 2030. Sports tourism accounts for 13% of the global tourism market and is emerging as one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry. Giorgos Kosta, Professor of Sports Recreation at the School of Physical...
Giorgos Kougioumtzidis on “Athletic Voice” | 23 Jan. 2026
I did everything I could for my homeland, Greece, and for the Greeks.” This is the statement of the first Greek athlete in wrestling to win a gold medal in the men’s category. Giorgos Kougioumtzidis, in addition to being the 2022 European champion, has now also been crowned world champion. He spo...
Achilleas Antoniou on “Athletic Voice” | 16 Jan. 2026
Greek sport recorded yet another international distinction in France. Achilleas Antoniou stepped onto the third tier of the podium at the European Épée Cup. He had claimed the same position in 2024 in Denmark, competing in the team event with the Greek Junior National Team, alongside Fotis Minos a...
Stella Walsh: The Olympic Champion with a Secret | 15 Jan. 2026
The extraordinary story of the Polish-born — and later American — athlete who won Olympic gold, but whose biological characteristics were revealed only after her death. Stanisława Walasiewicz, later known as Stella Walsh, was raised as a girl in the close-knit environment of a Polish village. Upon movi...
Ioanna Stamatopoulou on “Athletic Voice” | 02 Jan. 2026
Greece is at the top of the world—boasting the finest goalkeeper on the planet. Ioanna Stamatopoulou, a member of the World Championship Best Seven in Singapore, spoke about a historic moment for Greek sport, as the Greece women's national water polo team claimed the gold medal at the World Championship, w...
Nikos Chrysos on “Athletic Voice” | 19 Dec. 2025
Greece claimed the silver medal at the European Team Sailing Championship (ILCA 4). Italy took gold, while Sweden secured bronze. Fragiski Kosma, Eleni Alchanaki, Stefanos Samaras, and Michalis Akalestos delivered this significant international success for Greek sport. Head coach Nikos Chrysos...
Vasiliki Stavridou on “Athletic Voice” | 12 Dec. 2025
The bronze medal at the European Boxing Championships, in the 80 kg category, marks Vasiliki Stavridou’s fourth medal at this competition. It follows one silver medal in 2021 and two bronze medals in 2023 and 2024. She spoke about her journey to the third step of the podium in Hungary, in the under-23 a...
Nikos Mavrommatis on “Athletic Voice” | 05 Dec. 2025
Greece has won the bronze medal at the World Shooting Championship in the men’s team skeet event. The trio of athletes — Nikos Mavrommatis, Babis Chalkiadakis, and Panagiotis Gerochristos — stepped onto the third place of the podium at the competition, which was held in Greece, at the Malakasa Shoot...
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