The SYRIZA-PS Sports think tank was presented today by the head of the think tank, Diana Voutirakou, with a post on the social network accounts of the president, Stefanos Kasselakis.

“We continue the “occupation” of Stefanos Kasselakis’ account to present a think tank that interests him and interests us very much. Because, for SYRIZA, sport is culture. With Alexandros Meikopoulos, head of the KO of SYRIZA-PS, we present to you the people who staff the new sports think tank.

Emilios Sampanis

Doctoral candidate in sports administration, graduate of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science of the University of Athens with a master’s degree in the Administration of Sports Organizations. He is a certified Project Manager from the Project Management Institute and has worked with the Organizing Committees of the Olympic and Paralympic Games PyeongChang 2018, Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022, Paris 2024, as well as the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.

Panagiotis Panoutsos Talkovski

He is a qualified Sports Integrity scientist and founder/director of EAGLE Sports Integrity Services. With a scholarship from the European Commission, he received a master’s degree in the Sports Ethics and Integrity program. He has worked at World Athletics, the Economist Group and the National Anti-Doping Agency.

George Kaloudis

Legal advisor to sports Federations and Sports Bodies. He was a legal advisor to the General Secretary of Sports, a member of the Board of the National Anti-Doping Council and the Permanent Committee to Combat Violence. In 2019, he was nominated by the Permanent Greek Delegation to UNESCO as Greece’s candidate for the staffing of the committee of expert legal scientists for the revision of the UNESCO International Convention against Doping.

Nikos Leon

Greek wrestling champion for several years, he has participated at all international levels. Former Competition manager of the International Wrestling Federation, is Event manager and International department manager at the Hellenic Wrestling Federation. He has studies in sports law and marketing in sports.

Theocharis Ispoglou

Associate Professor specializing in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition at Leeds Beckett University, UK. With a scholarship from the State Scholarship Foundation, he completed his postgraduate studies as well as his PhD at the same university. He has 20 years of teaching experience, with over 100 publications in leading international media such as the Journal of Clinical Nutrition and The Times, participation in international conferences, official consultations on healthy aging in the UK and development of supplements against senile sarcopenia, which he presented on the BBC .

Sport for us is a very serious matter. That’s why, next to us and next to the president of SYRIZA are from today people with real knowledge and a plan”.