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‘Έτσι χαρακτήρισε στην επίσημη ιστοσελίδα της η Ευρωπαϊκή Ομοσπονδία, την Μαρία Στρατουδάκη, μετά την κατάκτηση 3 χρυσών μεταλλίων σε αρασέ, ζετέ και σύνολο, στο Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα στην Ισπανία, στην κατηγορία σωματικού βάρους των...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
At the European Taekwondo Championship, Greece won a total of 13 medals in the Cadets and Juniors categories: 2 gold, 6 silver, and 5 bronze.
Offering her analysis of these remarkable achievements for Greek sports was the internationally distinguished athlete Elli Mystakidou.
The Greek champion’s c...
The Greek Men’s National Water Polo Team climbed onto the podium of the World Championship for the fifth time in its history, winning the bronze medal in Singapore.
Stelios Argyropoulos-Kanakakis — holder of one silver and two bronze medals in this competition, an Olympic silver medal from the Tok...
Τhe Greece Men’s National Volleyball Team will participate for the 18th time — and the fourth consecutive — in the final phase of the European Championship.
Alexandros Raptis, a member of the national squad and now a Greek expatriate himself — as he currently plays in France with Chaumont Volley-B...
European Champion and gold medalist in the ILCA7 European Sailing Championship held in Croatia, Diamantis Petrianos distinguished himself in the under-19 age category.
Earlier in the season, he had already added a bronze medal from the World Championship in Ireland to his collection.
He shared...
He was crowned European Champion in the Czech Republic.
In his honor, the Greek flag was raised to the highest mast and the National Anthem resounded in Ostrava, during the European Boxing Championship.
Giannis Poumpouridis claimed the gold medal in the 85 kg category, in the under-19 division.
At...
He is the European Champion in the 200m backstroke!
At the European Swimming Championships in Slovakia, Apostolos Siskos not only won the gold medal, but also claimed two bronze medals — in the 200m butterfly and in the 4x100 mixed relay — in the under-23 age category.
His collection also inc...
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