Our golden modern Greeks!

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Chronopoulou

Mary Chronopoulou

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Born 16 July 1933

Athens, Greece

Died 6 October 2023 (aged 90)

Athens, Greece

Education National Theatre of Greece

Actress Singer Mary Chronopoulou (Greek: Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου; 16 July 1933 – 6 October 2023) was a Greek actress. She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1960s.

Life and career

Mary Chronopoulou was born in Athens on 16 July 1933.She starred in many films, 16 of which were produced by Finos Film.She was one of the main protagonists of Greek theatre.Chronopoulou died from complications of a fall at an Athens hospital on 6 October 2023, at the age of 90.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Constantinides

George Constantinides

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Born September 22, 1947 (age 76)

Nicosia, Cyprus

Academic career

Institution University of Chicago

Field Financial economics

School or tradition Chicago school of economics

Alma mater 

Indiana University
Oxford University


George M. Constantinides is a financial economist, known for his work on portfolio management, asset pricing, derivatives pricing, and capital markets behavior. He is the Leo Melamed Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a board member of Dimensional Fund Advisors.

Education

Constantinides earned a BA degree in Physics from Oxford University in 1970. He came to the US on a Fulbright travel grant and received an MBA degree in 1972 and a Doctorate in Business Administration in 1975, both from Indiana University.
Career

Constantinides began his career as an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He came to the University of Chicago in 1978 as the Ford Foundation Visiting Assistant Professor. There Constantinides was granted Associate Professor in 1979 and Professor in 1983, where he remains today. He was the Marvin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School from 1985–86 and the BP Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics in 2007.

A complete list of works is available at IDEAS. As examples, George Constantinides has made significant contributions to understanding the equity premium puzzle through various models and collaborations, such as incomplete markets, rare events, and internal habit models, paving the way for a multifaceted understanding of this financial phenomenon.
Titles

Constantinides is a former president, vice-president, and director of the American Finance Association. He is also a former president, vice-president, and founding member of the Society for Financial Studies. Constantinides has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research since 1989. He has been the editor-in-chief of Foundations and Trends in Finance since 2004.

According to Research Papers in Economics, Constantinides ranks within the top 5% of authors based on numerous criteria.

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www.math.toronto.edu/aretakis/

Stefanos Aretakis

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto St. George
and in the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Previously, I was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto St. George
and in the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough (2016-2022).

I was an Assistant Professor at Princeton University (2015-2016) and a Veblen Research Instructor at Princeton
University and the Institute for Advanced Study (2012-2015).

In June 2012, I completed my PhD at the University of Cambridge (Trinity College).
I was unbelievably lucky to have Professor Mihalis Dafermos (Cambridge/Princeton) as my PhD supervisor.

Research Interests

Differential Geometry, Analysis of PDEs, General Relativity

I am interested in problems concerning the mathematical analysis of differential equations in general relativity. Specifically, I work on the stability problem for black holes, on gluing problems for characteristic initial data and on scattering problems for the Einstein equations.

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neoskosmos.com/en/2023/10/29/sport/greeces-stefanos-xenos-clinches-karate-world-champion-title/

Greece’s Stefanos Xenos clinches Karate World Champion title.

It is the first gold medal for a Greek karateka since Elena Hatziliadou’s win in 2018 in Madrid

Greek karateka Stefanos Xenos emerged victorious from Saturday’s night World Championships final in Budapest Hungary, beating Kaisar Alpisbai from Kazakhstan, No. 7 in the world ranking.

Hailing from Odysseas Petroupolis, Xenos’ rise to the top was not easy having to defeat an array of internationally acclaimed competitors, including Maximiliano Larosa from Uruguay, Amr Aboukora from Egypt, Alaeddin Salmi from Algeria, Leilei Shi from China, and Erai Samdan from Turkey.

Xenos’ impressive performance in the 60kg Kumite division secured a big win for Greece in the sport, marking the first time the country clinches gold since 2018, with Elena Hatziliadou in Madrid.

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www.eliamep.gr/en/members/%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82/

Manos Matsaganis

‘Stavros Costopoulos’ Senior Research Fellow; Head of the Greek and European Economy Observatory; Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Manos Matsaganis is Professor of Public Finance at Polytechnic University of Milan. He studied at the Athens University of Economics and Business (1986), the University of York (MSc 1988), and the University of Bristol (PhD 1992). He has worked at the London School of Economics (1990-93), the Greek Prime Minister’s Office (1997-2001), the University of Crete (1996-99 & 2001-04). His previous post was at the Athens University of Economics and Business (2004-16), where he founded and directed the Policy Analysis Research Unit. He has worked for the European Commission, the OECD, UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Friedrich Ebert and Heinrich Böll Foundations. He was a member of the Expert Group on Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion reporting to European Commissioner László Andor (2012-14). He has been Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University (2014) and University of California, Berkeley (2015), Visiting Scholar at Boston University (2017, 2018), and Visiting Professor at University of Vienna (2019). His current research focuses on technological change and the future of work, the changing fortunes of the middle class in Southern Europe, and the transformations of the European social model after the Eurozone crisis and Covid-19.

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hhs.purdue.edu/directory/georgia-malandraki/

Georgia Malandraki

Purdue university

Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Courtesy Appointments

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Areas of Expertise

swallowing physiology & neurophysiology
aerodigestive interactions
dysphagia neurorehabilitation
telehealth/telepractice
wearables in swallowing rehabilitation
neurogenic dysphagia across lifespan

HHS Signature Research Area(s)

Developmental Health and Wellness
Healthy Lifestyles and Vital Longevity

Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Research Area(s)

Speech, Swallowing and Voice Science; Speech, Swallowing and Voice Disorders

Biography

Georgia A. Malandraki, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, ASHA Fellow, is a Professor at the Purdue Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences with a courtesy appointment in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and the Research Director of the I-EaT Swallowing Research Laboratory and Clinic. She is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and a Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. Further, she is a faculty associate of the Purdue Center for Aging and Life Course and one of the founding members of the Purdue CEREBBRAL Center. The primary aim of Dr. Malandraki’s research is to uncover the central and peripheral neural mechanisms of swallowing function, in an effort to inform clinical decisions and develop neurophysiologically-driven treatments for children and adults with dysphagia. Dr. Malandraki is also one of the pioneers in the area of dysphagia telehealth, leading the effort to establish evidence-based teledynamic approaches for the rehabilitation of dysphagia in underserved populations in the US. Finally, she is an active advocate for the field of dysphagia in her home country, Greece.

Dr. Malandraki’s academic and research contributions have resulted in multiple honors and awards through the years. More recently, Dr. Malandraki was awarded the 2019 NIH NIBIB R21 Trailblazer Award, as well as the Purdue University 2019 College of Health and Human Sciences Early Career Research Achievement Award. In 2021 she was inducted as one of the 2021 Fellows of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and her team won the prestigious 2021 JSLHR Editor’s Award (Speech section). In 2022 she was awarded Honors of the Indiana Speech Language Hearing Association.

Dr. Malandraki is also dedicated to high quality instruction and has been repeatedly recognized for her teaching. Since joining Purdue (in 2014), she has won seven departmental teaching awards, and in 2018 she was awarded the Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences Patsy J. Mellott Teaching Innovation Award.

She was also instrumental in establishing the Purdue I-EaT clinic on campus. She has served on the Editorial Board of leading ASHA Journals (JSLHR, SIG13), and is now serving as one of the Editors for the American Journal of Speech Language Pathology (2021-2023). Finally, she is currently the President of the Dysphagia Research Society, the leading international Society for the study of swallowing disorders.

Education

Post Doctorate, 2011, University of Wisconsin, Madison
PhD, 2008, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
MA, 2004, Ohio University
BS, 2001, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Greece
CCC-SLP licence, 2010-to date; BCS-S certification, 2014-to date

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thomasbisbas.com/

Thomas Bisbas

I am an Astrophysicist focusing on the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium and star formation.

I study the extragalactic interstellar medium by modelling photodissociation regions and performing radiative transfer. I develop codes to examine how the different interstellar medium environmental parameters change the observational diagnostics, which is the key to decode the conditions that prevail in galaxies.

I am co-founder of the Olympian Center for Astrophysics and the Principal Organizer of the Olympian Symposium series of international conferences.

I am based at the Research Center for Intelligent Computing Platforms of the Zhejiang Laboratory in Hangzhou, China, as a Principal Investigator & Professor.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Economides

Nicholas Economides

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nicholas Economides is an internationally recognized academic authority on network economics, electronic commerce and public policy. His fields of specialization and research include the economics of networks, especially of telecommunications, computers, and information, the economics of technical compatibility and standardization, industrial organization, the structure and organization of financial markets and payment systems, antitrust, application of public policy to network industries, strategic analysis of markets and law and economics.

Professor Economides is a professor of economics at the NYU Stern School of Business.

Professor Economides has published more than 100 articles in top academic journals in the areas of networks, telecommunications, oligopoly, antitrust, product positioning and on the liquidity and the organization of financial markets and exchanges. He holds a PhD and MA in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, as well as a BSc (First Class Honors) in Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics. Previously, he taught at Columbia University (1981-1988) and at Stanford University (1988-1990). He is editor of the Information Economics and Policy, Netnomics, Quarterly Journal of Electronic Commerce, the Journal of Financial Transformation, Journal of Network Industries, on the Advisory Board of the Social Science Research Network, editor of Economics of Networks Abstracts by SSRN and former editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization. His website on the Economics of Networks has been ranked as one of the top four economics sites worldwide by The Economist magazine.

Professor Economides is Executive Director of the NET Institute, www.NETinst.org, a worldwide focal point for research on the economics of network and high technology industries. He is advisor to the US Federal Trade Commission, the governments of Greece, Ireland, New Zealand and Portugal, the Attorney General of New York State, major telecommunications corporations, a number of the Federal Reserve Banks, the Bank of Greece and major Financial Exchanges. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Economist Intelligence Unit. He has commented extensively in broadcast and in print on high technology, antitrust and public policy issues. He is a founding member of Greek Economists for Reform.com, a blog about economic policy and reforms in Greece.

www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides

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Panos Xenokostas

President & CEO, ONEX Shipyards & Technologies Group, President

Hellenic Shipyards Association

Panos T. Xenokostas is a visionary entrepreneur and investor in the industries of Shipbuilding, Maritime, ICT, Aviation, Defense & Security and Energy. He graduated the Hellenic Air Force Academy as an Aeronautical Engineer in 1996 and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University Institute Kurt Bösch in Switzerland.

His vision is to create a global brand recognized for being second to none in ship repairing by developing a leading shipyard-port technology and logistics hub in East Med. ONEX group is numbering 2,500+ employees, and the group has invested over €80 million in Greece over the last four years and is currently implementing a €500+ million investment in the country. With completed projects worth of €1 billion in its track record, ONEX Group has grown 400% since 2018, demonstrating a total of €250+ millions in assets and a path to doubling it by the end of 2024. ONEX Elefsis Shipyards secured a financing line of $125 million from the US Development Finance Corporation (“DFC”) for the Shipyards rehabilitation and upgrade plan. Following the shipyards of Syros, ONEX Group has recently extended its assets portfolio by acquiring the Elefsina shipyards.

Panos T. Xenokostas has been awarded internationally for his business achievements and environmental contribution. He has also a long and fruitful tradition of philanthropic activities, in addition to financially supporting local sports clubs.

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Olympiacos F.C.

Olympiacos is the most successful Greek football club in European competitions, being the only club from Greece to have won a major European trophy; they won the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2023–24, sealing their title by winning against Italian side Fiorentina 1–0 in the Final. With their 2024 triumph, they became the first club outside the biggest four European leagues (Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga) to win a UEFA competition since 2011.

They are also the highest ranked Greek club in the UEFA rankings, occupying the 36th place in the ten-year ranking, and the 43rd in the five-year ranking as of 2024. They are one of the founding members of the European Club Association. They are also the Greek club with the most wins in all European competitions, leading also the table with the most home and away wins,[1][2] and the Greek team with the most games played in European level, celebrating their 200th match on 23 February 2010, against Bordeaux in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League first knockout round. Olympiacos also holds the all-time record attendance for a Greek club of 75,263 in a 1982–83 European Cup match against Hamburg at the Athens Olympic Stadium.[3]

Olympiacos has a long presence in the UEFA competitions, debuting on 13 September 1959,[4] against Milan for the 1959–60 European Cup, the first ever Greek club to compete in a European competition. Olympiacos was also the first Greek club to advance to the next round of any European competition, eliminating Zagłębie Sosnowiec for the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Besides their 2023–24 UEFA Conference League triumph, other major European successes include their advance to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League in 1998–99, where they lost a semi-final spot in the dying minutes to Juventus and their advance to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1992–93, losing to Atlético Madrid.

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Panathinaikos B.C.

Panathinaikos B.C. (Greek: ΚΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός), also known simply as Panathinaikos, currently also known as Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens for sponsorship reasons, is the professional basketball team of the major Athens-based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O. It is owned by the billionaire Giannakopoulos family.

The parent athletic club was founded in 1908, while the basketball team was created in 1919, being one of the oldest in Greece. Alongside Aris, they are the only un-relegated teams with participation in every Greek First Division Championship until today.

Panathinaikos has developed into the most successful basketball club in Greek basketball's history, and one of the most successful in European basketball, creating its own dynasty. They have won seven EuroLeague Championships, thirty-nine Greek Basket League Championships, twenty Greek Cups, one Intercontinental Cup, one Greek Super Cup and two Triple Crowns. They also hold the record for most consecutive Greek League titles, as they are the only team to have won nine consecutive championships (2003–2011), as well as for the most consecutive Greek Basketball Cup titles, winning six from 2012 to 2017. Panathinaikos counts one more championship that took place in 1921 and was organized by the YMCA.[2] It is however not recognized by the Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association, as it was before the creation of the Hellenic Basketball Federation. The team plays its home games in the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, which has a maximum capacity of 19,250 for basketball games. Panathinaikos also holds the world record for the longest title-winning streak, spanning 27 seasons, starting in 1995–96 and continuing up until 2021–22. These 27 years, Panathinaikos have won at least one title each season and 43 titles overall.

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Athens should be erased from the map.

It poses serious danger to public mental health.

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why don't you move to a better region of Athens like Kolonaki,Kifisia or Ekali?

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carvel

Tom Carvel (born Athanasios Karvelas (Greek: Ἀθανάσιος Καρβέλας; July 14, 1906 – October 21, 1990) was a Greek-born American businessman and entrepreneur known for the invention and promotion of soft ice cream in the northeastern United States. He was the founder of the Carvel brand and franchise.

Carvel began selling ice cream out of his truck in 1929 in Hartsdale, New York. On Memorial Day weekend in 1934, his truck had a flat tire, so he pulled into a parking lot next to a pottery store and began selling his melting ice cream to vacationers who were driving by. The owner of the store allowed Carvel to use electricity from his store, so he opened his parked truck for ice cream sales. Within two days he had sold his entire supply of ice cream and concluded that he could increase his profits by working from a fixed location.

In 1936, Carvel purchased the pottery store and converted it into a roadside ice cream stand; this permanently established Carvel as the first retailer to develop and market soft ice cream. The same year, he established the Carvel Brand Corporation and developed a secret soft-serve ice cream formula.

Carvel also developed new refrigeration machines and sold his designs. After World War II, he began to franchise his ice cream stores. Carvel was featured in his own advertisements as the company believed that his gravelly voice and personal charm were important factors in the success of his business.

The Carvel company specializes in ice cream cakes, often in the shapes of animals. Two of the most popular ice cream novelties introduced by the company have been "Fudgie the Whale" and "Cookie Puss". The brand continues to operate using a franchising model, primarily concentrated in the Northeast United States and Florida.

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Jun 11, 2024 14:57:29 GMT -5 leandros nikon said:

why don't you move to a better region of Athens like Kolonaki,Kifisia or Ekali?

It sucks everywhere , cannot count years to leave this pithole

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greekreporter.com/2024/06/23/greek-swimmers-win-gold-silver-european-championships/

EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIP BELGRADE 2024.

Greek Swimmers Win Gold and Silver at European Championships,June 2024 in Serbia.

Apostolos Christou won the gold medal on Sunday evening in Belgrade.

Greece’s Apostolos Christou and Evangelos Makrygiannis celebrated a gold and a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke final at the European Men’s Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Greece’s Stergios Bilas celebrated a gold medal in the 50-meter butterfly at the European Men’s Championships in Belgrade a few days ago on Tuesday. The 23-year-old swimmer made history by winning his first individual gold at the men’s level.

On that same day, Apostolos Papastamos won another historic gold medal as he became the first swimmer for Greece to win the 400-meter individual medley.

As of Sunday evening, Greece ranked second in swimming and third in the overall competition with a total of 17 medals. Greece has attained 5 gold, 8 silver, and 4 bronze medals. Greece only comes second to Hungary, Europe’s traditional champion in swimming.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Express_(Greece)

Sky Express (Greece)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Founded 24 February 2005

AOC # GR-021

Operating bases
Athens
Heraklion
Thessaloniki

Fleet size 23

Destinations 44

Parent company Aviareps Hellas

Headquarters Heraklion International Airport, Heraklion, Greece

Website www.skyexpress.gr

SKY Express (legally Cretan Aviation Operations Aviation and Commercial Societe Anonyme (Greek: Κρητικές Αεροπορικές Εκμεταλλεύσεις Αεροπορική και Εμπορική Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία)), is a Greek airline headquartered in Heraklion International Airport It was established in 2005 and operates a number of flights, serving 35 domestic and eight international destinations.

Sky Express Fleet Aircraft

Airbus A320-200 1

 
Airbus A320neo 8

Airbus A321neo 2

 
ATR 42-500 4

ATR 72-500 2

ATR 72-600 6

 
Total 23 

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Western Connecticut state University

Anna Kouremenos

Macricostas Endowed Teaching Fellow

2021-2022

Anna Kouremenos is a Greek-American scholar of antiquity specializing in Roman Greece and identity in the Graeco-Roman world. After receiving her BA and MA in Anthropology from The City University of New York (Hunter College), she moved to the UK to pursue a doctorate in Archaeology at the University of Oxford, which was awarded to her in December 2013. Her research explores aspects of social, cultural, and island identities from an interdisciplinary perspective. Currently she is conducting research on Greece in the 2nd century CE, Graeco-Roman identities, migration in the Greek and Roman worlds, and on the subject of national narratives. She is also interested in Greek and Roman art, ancient history in film, and the reception of antiquity from the Renaissance to the present.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Apostolos Christou wins silver medal in men’s 200m backstroke

Greek swimmer Apostolos Christou won the silver medal in the men’s 200m backstroke final on Thursday.

Christou finished in second place with a time of 1:54.82, setting a new national record. He trailed Hungarian swimmer Hubert Kos, who won gold with a time of 1:54.26, and finished ahead of Swiss competitor Roman Mityukov, who clocked 1:54.85

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This marks Greece’s second medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the nation’s first-ever Olympic medal in pool swimming.
On Wednesday, judoka Thodoris Tselidis earned a bronze medal in the men’s -90kg weight class, marking Greece’s first medal at the Paris Olympics.

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Greece won its third medal in the Olympic Games in Paris in the lightweight men’s double sculls. Antonis Papakonstantinou and Petros Gaidatzis won the bronze medal covering the distance in 6:13.44. The Greeks finished behind Ireland, who took gold, and Italy, who earned silver.

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Milena Kontou and Zoi Fitsiou won the bronze medal in Paris Olympic Games in the lightweight women’s double sculls on Friday.

The Greek team covered the distance in 6:49.28 after the British team that took the first place with 6:47.06 and Romania that came second with 6:48.78.

The event, held at Vaires-sur-Marne, saw the Greek duo finish behind Great Britain, who took gold, and Romania, who secured silver.

The achievement of Fitsiou-Kontou marked their debut at the Olympics, contributing to Greece’s medal count and making it the country’s fourth medal in Paris. It also adds to Greece’s legacy in rowing, representing the sixth Olympic rowing medal in the nation’s history.

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greekreporter.com/2024/08/04/lefteris-petrounias-wins-bronze-olympic-games/

Lefteris Petrounias, nicknamed, the Lord of the Rings, won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games in Paris on Sunday.

The Greek gymnastics champion made history as he became the first in the history of the event to win three medals in consecutive Olympic Games.

Petrounias is now the 2016 Olympic champion, 2020 and 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World champion (2015, 2017, 2018) and a nine-time (2011, 2015–18, 2021–24) European medalist on the still rings (seven gold and two bronze).

He was named the Greek Male Athlete of the Year, for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

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Emmanouil Karalis

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Born 20 October 1999

Athens, Greece

Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Coached by Andreas Tsonis, Panagiotis Simeonidis, Vitaly Petrov, Charalambos Karalis, Marcin Szczepański

Personal bests

Outdoor 5.93 m (Volos 2024)

Indoor 5.86 m NR (Athens 2023)

Representing Greece
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Pole vault
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Glasgow Pole vault
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rome Pole vault
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Istanbul Pole Vault
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Pole vault
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gävle Pole Vault
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tallinn Pole Vault
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Cali Pole Vault
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tbilisi Pole Vault

Emmanouil Karalis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Καραλής, born 20 October 1999 in Athens) is a Greek pole vaulter.He is the son of a Greek father from Pyrgos, and a Ugandan mother. He won the silver medal at the 2019 and 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships, bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics and placed fourth at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He has a twin sister, named Angeliki.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miltiadis_Tentoglou

Miltiadis Tentoglou

Miltiadis "Miltos" Tentoglou is a Greek long jump athlete, who is the 14th longest jumper of all time, having won the first place in all major World and European championships, with a total of 11 gold medals.

He won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. In 2022, Tentoglou became the World Indoor champion jumping the current Greek indoor record of 8.55 metres, which places him sixth on the respective world all-time list,and took silver at the outdoor World Championships. He is a six-time European champion, winning a record three consecutive outdoor titles in 2018, 2022 and 2024 and a record three successive men's indoor titles between 2019 and 2023.

He was the 2016 World Under-20 Championships silver medallist, and 2017 European U20 and 2019 European U23 champion. Tentoglou was the 2022 Diamond League long jump champion. He is the Greek indoor record holder, and won 10 national long jump titles.

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greekherald.com.au/sports/sailor-pavlos-kontides-gets-first-silver-medal-for-cyprus-at-paris-olympics/

Pavlos Kontides gets first silver medal for Cyprus at Paris Olympics

08 / 08 / 2024 The Greek Herald

Cypriot dinghy sailor Pavlos Kontides won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Paris on Wednesday, August 7.

Kontides finished second in the medal race in the French city of Marseille, behind Australian Matt Wearn. Stefano Peschiera of Peru won the bronze medal.

Kontides’ silver medal is the second of his career, having achieved the same feat in the British town of Weymouth at the 2012 Olympics in London.

This year’s Olympic dinghy racing has been plagued by delays, with low winds in and off the coast of Marseille causing constant delays to the competition.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauren_Kurugliev

Dauren Kurugliev

Dauren Khalidovich Kurugliev (Russian: Даурен Халидович Куруглиев, Greek: Νταουρέν Κουρουγκλίεφ; 12 July 1992) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Lezgin ethnicity, naturalization Greek.He is the 2019 European Games gold medalist, a 3x European champion and an Olympic bronze medalist on the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Satti

Marina Satti

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Born 26 December 1986 (age 37)

Athens, Greece

Singer songwriter music producer

Marina Satti (Greek: Μαρίνα Σάττι, born 26 December 1986) is a Greek singer, songwriter, actress, and music producer. Her music combines traditional Greek, Arab, and Balkan sounds with urban elements, rhythm, and production. She represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Zari", finishing in 11th place.

Satti was born in Athens and was raised on the island of Crete. Her father, Ali Osman Satti, was a Doctor-anesthesiologist from Sudan and former deputy professor of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; her mother, Chariclia Filoxenidi, is a chemical engineer from Heraklion, Crete,with ancestry from the Greek population of Asia Minor.

 Satti grew up influenced by Björk and Moderat and the Berlin electronic scene.In 2008, after studying with the baritone Panos Dimas, Satti earned a first degree in lyrical monody with honors and a first prize. One year later, she earned a second degree in advanced classical studies, opera and piano,while also studying jazz at the Nakas Conservatory. She studied Architecture for 3 years at the National Technical University of Athens.Marina also studied at the Veaki Drama School and the Kentriki Skini Drama School, on a scholarship.In 2012, she completed a 3 year degree in jazz composition, contemporary writing and production at the Berklee College of Music on a scholarship.Among her teachers at Berklee were Jamie Haddad and Danilo Pérez.

Career

Satti formed part of the EBU's European Jazz Orchestra. She also performed as a singer of the World Jazz Nonet at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. In 2011 she performed along with Bobby McFerrin and the a cappella vocal group The Singing Tribe at Berklee Performance Center.From 2006-2019 she acted, sung and wrote music for theatre in 14 plays in Greece.In 2016, Satti founded Fonés ("Voices"), a female a cappella group performing traditional polyphonic songs. Furthermore, she writes music for short films and advertisements.Satti has given her singing voice to 19 cartoons and was the voice for the whole of Walt Disney’s Moana and Ariel in the Little Mermaid for Greece. She is also invited to teach music and singing in schools and universities in Greece.

In 2016, Satti released her single "Koupes" ("Cups"), which reached more than 27 million views on YouTube, and was included in Ravin & Bob Sinclar's Buddha Bar 20 Years Anniversary album. In 2017, her next single, "Mantissa" ("Seeress"), charted in the European Union's Official Top 100 and Bulgaria's Top 40.[18] Global Citizen named it "song of the summer." Joanna Kakissis, an Athens-based correspondent for NPR, described it as "the summer hit that fills a generation with hope". Ιt reached 57 million views on YouTube.
Satti in 2019

In 2017, Satti curated a series of cultural events that led to the formation of the choir Chόres (pronounced [ˈkɔɾɛs]; a portmanteau of the Greek words for "daughters" and "choruses"), consisting of 150 women aged 13–55. In 2020, Chόres presented traditional songs in archeological locations.

In June 2018, Satti and Fonés presented Yalla!, a repertoire of world music and pop compositions, as well as renditions of Eastern Mediterranean traditional music, which was first performed at the Melina Merkouri Theater and then toured abroad to France, England, Switzerland, as well as to Tampere, Finland, for the 2019 World Music Expo.In May 2022, she released her debut album Yenna ("Birth"). The release of the album was followed by a European tour that lasted over 4 months.

On 24 October 2023, she was announced as the Greek representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. She was internally selected by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) and her entry, titled "Zari", was released on 7 March 2024.She finished in 11th place with a total of 126 points.