Olympiakos FC - Hertha BSC

Olympiakos FC - Hertha 4-0

UEFA CUP

Karaiskaki Stadium

18/12/2008

What Marc Stein is doing?

Preparing for the game

The two teams before the start of the game! Antonios Nikopolidis always there!

The 2-0 with penalty from Gallety!

Olympiakos FC - Ergotelis FC

Greek National Football Championship
Superleague

Olympiakos FC- Ergotelis FC 2-0

Karaiskaki Stadium
02/11/2008

The Olympiko's playshuit before the start of the Game


The two Captains
(with the blue the famous goalkeeper Antonios Nikopolidis)


During the match

During the match

Sexy Greeks

In this section we intend to post photos of the sexiest Greek athletes (male and female) from several sports.

The reason for that kind of posts is that we believe that modern sports is part of show business and Greeks have the advantage, apart from being great athletes also, to be very handsome!

So we start with Javelin Thrower Ioannis Smalios (you can also find him here)

Photos from the Greek Athletics Championships in 2008

Ioannis (John) was born in 1987 and he is considered one of the new Greek hopes in Javelin!

Profile - Aris Grigoriadis

Updated: 14 September 2008

Name: Aristidis
Surname: Grigoriadis
Date of Birth: 6 December 1985
Place of Birth: Thessaloniki (Greece)
Sport: Swimming - 50m. backstroke, 100m. backstroke

Photos From the Greek Winter Championship in 2008

Major Honors:

1st in 50m backstroke (25.13) in the Eindhoven European Championship of 2008
2nd in 100m backstroke in the Eindhoven European Championship of 2008
3rd in 100m backstroke in the Budapest European Championship of 2006
1st in 50m backstroke (24.95) in the Montreal World Championship of 2005

Greek National Football Team Training - September 2008

Part V

Angelos Charisteas is among the best Greek strikers and the scorer in the EURO 2004 final.

Agnelos (Aggelos) was born in 1980 and belongs to Nuremberg F.C.

Angelos in Greek means "Angel" and we have to admit that he has an "angelic touch" to the ball when the team and the coach knows how to support him...

Greek National Football Team Training - September 2008

Part IV

After the retirement of the best ever Greek goalkeeper Antonios Nikopolidis from the Greek Nanional Team, Konstantinos Chalkias and Alexandros Tzorvas have the responsibility to keep the Greek defence as strong (and famous) as it was.

Konstantinos Chalkias was born in 1974 and belongs to "PAOK Thessaloniki" while Alexandros Tzorvas born in 1982 and belongs to "Panathinaikos".

They are both very talented but they have to try very hard to become Nikopolidis...

Greek National Football Team Training - September 2008

PART III

Georgios (or Giourkas) Seitaridis is one of the best Greek football players and member of the Golden Team of 2004 (European Champions).

Giourkas was born in 1981 and belongs to "Atletico Madrid".

Greek National Football Team Training - September 2008

PART II

Vasilis Pliatsikas is the new blood in the 2004 European Champions.

Vasilis was born in 1988 and plays in AEK Athens
(usually he is not that blond!)

Greek National Football Team Training - September 2008

PART I

The Greek football (soccer) Team while training in "Agios Kosmas Training Center" for the 2010 World Cup qualifying round.

The famous "wall"

Vasilis Torosidis, Christos Patsatzoglou, Alexandros Tziolis, Nikos Lymperopoulos (and the goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias)

Angelos Charisteas, Dimitrios Salpigidis, Vasilis Torosidis, Christos Patsatzoglou, Alexandros Tziolis, Nikos Lymperopoulos (and the goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias)

Beijing 2008

Alexandros Nikolaidis won another medal for Greece in Taekwondo at Men's +80kg

Congratulations Alexandre and Thank You!!

Results
1. CHA Dongmin (Korea)
2. NIKOLAIDIS Alexandros (Greece)
3. CHILMANOV Arman (Kazakhstan)
3. CHUKWUMERIJE Chika Yagazie (Nigeria)

Alexandros Nikolaidis was the first athlete who took the Olympic Flame from the High Priestess in the Ancient Olympia to starts it's journey to Beijing:

Photos From the Ancient Olympia - 2008

Profile - Antonios Nikopolidis

Updated 22 August 2008

Name: Antonios
Surname: Nikopolidis
Date of Birth: 14/10/1971
Place of Birth: Arta (Greece)
Sport: Football (Soccer) - Goalkeeper

Photos From 2007 Greek National Team Training

Major Honors:

Greek National Team
- EURO 2004 [Portugal] EUROPEAN CHAMPION
{Final: Greece-Portugal: 1-0}
- EURO 2008 [Austria-Switzerland] In groups

Clubs
- 9 Greek Championships
[Panathinaikos: 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004, Olympiakos: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008]
- 7 Greek Cups
[Panathinaikos: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, Olympiakos: 2005, 2006, 2008]

Athletes Profiles

I think we should inform our readers about the Greek athletes they are watching in our blog about their accomplishments and statistics.

So, from now on we will post a short bio and we will try to keep it updated!

Profile - Periklis Iakovakis

Updated: 21 August 2008

Name: Periklis
Surname: Iakovakis
Date of Birth: 24 March 1979
Place of Birth: Patras (Greece)
Sport: Athletics (track & field) - 400m.Hurdles, 400m., 4x400m.

Photos from the Greek clubs Athletics Championships in 2007 in "Agios Kosmas"
Click the images to see full size

Major Honors:

• 8th in 400m. hurdles (49.96) in Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 (injured)
• 6th in 400m. hurdles (49.25) in the World Athletics Championships in Osaka 2007
• 1st in 400m. hurdles (48.46) in the European Athletics Championships in Göteborg 2006
• 3nd in 400m. hurdles (48.24) in the World Athletics Championships in Paris 2003
• 7th in 4x400m. (3.02.56) in the World Athletics Championships in Paris 2003
• 5th in 400m. hurdles (49.07) in the European Athletics Championships in Munich 2002
• 1st in 400m. hurdles (50.21) in the Mediterranean Games in Tunis 2001
• 1st in 400m. hurdles (49.82) in the World Junior Athletics Championships in Annecy 1998

Records:

• 400m.: 46.35 (Rethimno 07/07/2002)
• 400m.H.: 47.82 (Osaka 06/05/2006) NR
  
• 4x400m.: 3.02.21 (Munich 24/06/2007) NR
  

Beijing 2008

We should wish GOOD LUCK to Styliani Papadopoulou (Hammer Throw) who competes today in the final

Styliani Papadopoulou placed 11th in the final.

Beijing 2008

Unfortunately our athletes didn't made it today!

Periklis Iakovakis was injured and finished 8th with 49.96 (walking to the finish line after the last hurdle)

Louis Tsatoumas canceled after 3 invalid attempts (too sad because one of his jumps was really big)

The good news is that they will both continue in the track and field at least until London 2012!

Beijing 2008

We should wish Good Luck to Periklis Iakovakis and Louis Tsatoumas who will compete in the finals of 400m. hurdles and Long jump respectively.

GUYS ALL THE BEST

Periklis Iakovakis

Photo from the Greek Athletics Championships in 2008

Louis Tsatoumas at Athens 2004 Olympics podium (prophecy?)

Photo from the Greek Athletics Championships in 2008

Beijing 2008

Congratulations to the Greek athletes who win today their first medals (1 silver and 2 bronze) in Beijing Olympic Games.

Today we had:

Rowing - Lightweight Men's Double Sculls
1. Great Britain [ PURCHASE Zac, HUNTER Mark]
2. Greece [MOUGIOS Dimitrios, POLYMEROS Vasileios]
3. Denmark[RASMUSSEN Mads Reinhold, HANSEN Rasmus Nicholai Quist]

Triple Jump (Women)
1. MBANGO ETONE Francoise Cameroon 15.39
2. LEBEDEVA Tatyana Russian Fed. 15.32
3. DEVETZI Hrysopiyi Greece 15.23

Sailing - Yngling (Women)
1. Great Britain [AYTON Sarah, WEBB Sarah, WILSON Pippa]
2. Netherlands [MULDER Mande, BES Annemieke, WITTEVEEN Merel]
3. Greece [BEKATOROU Sofia, PAPADOPOULOU Sofia, KRAVARIOTI Virginia]

Beijing 2008

Photo from the Greek Athletics Championships in 2008

Chrysopigi Devetzi competes today in the final of triple jump!

She qualified to the final first with 14.92m and now she hopes to do her best.

We wish her GOOD LUCK!!

Athletics Greek team - Beijing Olympics 2008

The Greek team for the Beijing Olympics (Athletics)

MEN

Anastasios Gousis (200m.) (here with Aristotelis Gavelas)
PB: 20.11 (2007) SB: 20.57

Photo from Greek clubs Athletics Championship 2008

Konstantinos Douvalidis (110m. hurdles)
PB: 13.49 (2007) SB: 13.59

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Periklis Iakovakis (400m. hurdles)
PB: 47.82 (2005) SB: 48.80

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Louis Tsatoumas (Long Jump)
PB: 8.66 (2007) SB: 8.44

Photo From the indoor meeting "Athens 2007"

Kostas Baniotis (High Jump)
PB: 2.27 (2008)

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Dimitrios Tsiamis (Triple Jump)
PB: 17.55 (2006) SB: 16.88

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Michalis Stamatogiannis (Shot Put)
PB:19.98 (2004) SB:19.91


Ioannis Smalios (Javelin Throw)
PB: 79.33 (2008)

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Alexandros Papadimitriou (Hammer Throw)

PB: 80.45 (2000) SB: 77.07

Kostas Stefanopoulos (50Km walk)

PB: 4:03.42 SB:

Pantelis Melahrinoudis, Dimitrios Gravalos, Kostas Athanasiou, Georgios Doupis, Stelios Dimotsios (4X400m.)
WOMEN:


Ekaterini Thanou (100m.)

PB: 10.83 (1999) SB: 11.39

Photo from the Indoor Meeting "Athens 2007"

Dimitra Dova (400m.)

PB: 51.89 (2008)

Flora Redoumi (100m. hurdles)
PB: 12.86 (2004) SB: 13.21

Photo from Greek Clubs Athletics Championship 2007

Fani Chalkia (400m. hurdles)
(Here with her coach Georgios Panagiotopoulos - former 200m. Champion -5th in the World Athletics Championships in 1997)
PB:52.77 SB:57.24

Photo from Greek Clubs Athletics Championship 2007

Irene Kokinariou (3000m. steeple)
PB: 9:30.72


Konstantina Efentaki (1500m.)
PB: 4:05.63 SB: 4:07.95


Eleni Donta (Marathon)
PB: 2:40.42 SB: 2:41.10


Antonia Stergiou (High Jump)
PB: 1.97 (2008)

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Afroditi Skafida (Pole Vault)
PB: 4.55 (2008)

Nikoletta Kyriakopoulou (Pole Vault)
PB: 4.45 (2008)


Chrysopigi Devetzi (Triple Jump)
PB: 15.32 (2004) SB: 15.22

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Athanasia Perra (Triple Jump)
PB: 14.39 (2004) SB: 13.95

Irene Terzoglou (Shot Put)
PB: 19.10 (2003) SB: 17.23

Dorothea Kalpakidou (Discus Throw)
PB: 59.78 (2008)

Savva Lika (Javelin Throw)
PB: 63.13 (2007) SB: 61.21

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Styliani Papadopoulou (Hammer Throw)
PB: 72.10 (2008)
and
Alexandra Papageorgiou (Hammer Throw)
PB: 70.38 (2008)

Photo from Greek Athletics Championship 2008

Argyro Strataki (Heptathlon)
PB: 6.235 (2006) SB: 6.006

Athanasia Tsoumeleka (20Km walk)
PB: 1:30.00 (2008)

Evangelia Xynou (20Km walk)
PB: 1:33.03 (2008)

Despina Zapounidou (20Km walk)
PB: 1:33.23 (2008)