CULTURE 2018
The athletes of wrestling who succeeded in raising the Greek flag high at the Olympic Games were honored in a special event by the Federation of Olympia, within the framework of its activities ahead of the Truce Run from Ilida to Ancient Olympia, which this year was organized on April 22.
In an exceptionally moving atmosphere, special plaques were awarded to the Olympic medalists of Greco-Roman and Freestyle Wrestling: Stelios Mygiakis (gold, 1980), Petros Galaktopoulos (silver, 1972 and bronze, 1968), Dimitris Thanopoulos (silver, 1984), Babis Cholidis (bronze, 1984 and 1988), Amiran Kartanov (bronze, 2000), Artiom Kiouregkian (bronze, 2004) and Giorgos Chatzioannidis (bronze, 1980), during a one-day conference held on Wednesday, March 28 by the Federation of Olympia at the Hellenic War Museum, aiming to promote Olympic values, alongside a parallel art exhibition. The conference was held in honor of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.
Download here the Catalogue for the Route of Truce Art Exhibition “En Olympia to Kalliston”.
