Two gold awards and one bronze were won by the Crete Half Marathon and the Arkalochori Health Sports Association in the following categories:
• Running & living well
• Best Presence on Meta’s platforms (Facebook, Instagram)
• Best Sports Related Videos
The sports Marketing awards ceremony took place on the evening of Wednesday, April 10, in an impressive ceremony at the National Insurance Conference Center. The three awards will be added to the great collection of the Crete Half Marathon, which has been awarded by important bodies of our country.
At the award ceremony, in addition to the Sports Health Association of Arkalochori, the following also gave their “apron”: PAE AEK, PAE AEL, PAE ARIS, PAE OFI 1925, PAE PAOK and several companies and organizations.
The jury, chaired by Takis Fyssas, consisted of famous athletes, such as Antonis Nikopolidis and Angelos Charisteas, representatives of Federations, high-ranking executives from top brands and sports clubs, Sports Marketing specialists & renowned journalists, such as Vassilis Skoundis and Yiannis Theodorakopoulos.
The awards were received by the members of the Board of Directors of the Arkalochori Health Sports Association, Agapitou Roubini and Giorgis Sakavelis, who dedicated the awards to the residents of the much-suffering area of Arkalochori, the Ministry, the Region of Crete, the Municipality of Minoa Pediada, the cultural associations of the area, the sponsors and the more than 500 volunteers, making an appointment for another successful event on October 6, 2024 at the next Crete Half Marathon.
The evening concluded with the Sports Marketing Awards 2024 where the Legends 2004 team received an award for their unrepeatable sporting success in 2004 in Portugal. On the occasion of the completion of 20 years since the conquest of Euro 2004, Takis Fyssas announced the match of the Legends against the Elite of UEFA in Essen, Germany, birthplace of Otto Rehagel, on July 11.
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