Spyros Kapralos: 16 years in one “thank you”

In a particularly glamorous evening with a theme “16 Years in One Thank You”, the President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Mr. Spyros Kapraloscelebrated on January 21, his 16 years to date, as the head of the country’s leading sports institutionwith an expression of honor and gratitude for all the people who stand by his fellow travelers, friends and partners during his athletic, and not only, journey.

In the packed Faros hall of the Stavros Niarchos Culture Center, Mr. Kapralos was welcoming from the early afternoon Olympians, sports figures, many representatives of the political, naval and business world, athletes, journalists and close friends.

The event, presented by the leading presenter and journalist of international scope, Nikos Aliagas who came to Athens for just a few hours to honor his close friend, opened with a touching video that outlined the path of Spyros Kapralos from the time he was an athlete himself, champion and Olympian, until today when he is at the helm of of the Greek Olympic Committee, the European Olympic Committees and at the same time a member of the International Olympic Committee.

In the video, they participated with messages of recognition, respect and trust, o President of the International Olympic Committee Mr. Thomas Bachthe legendary Nadia Comanecithe flying Ukrainian Sergei Bubkathe oldest living Olympian, Giorgos Roubanis, the Olympians Anna Korakaki, Spyros Gianniotis, Pavlos Kagialis, Elina Tzengo, Dora Goundoura, Milena Kontou as well as the strong man of the Shipping industry, etc. Petros Pappas.

Afterwards, they met on stage and talked about their close relationship, deep appreciation and collaboration with Spyros Kapralos, the Gold Medalist, Lefteris Petrounias, the coach of the Olympians, Giorgos Pomaski and the President of the Hellenic Swimming Federation, Kyriakos Giannopoulos.

A special moment was the emotional speech – surprise of his daughter, Danais Kapralou.

Spyros Kapralos, after the speeches were over, went on stage clearly moved, to thank his partners, the athletes, the federations, the respective political leadership of the Ministry of Sports and Culture, his colleagues, the amateur actors, the workers to the Olympic Committee, his friends and family.

In closing, the host, who is again a candidate for the Presidency of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, committed by stating “I will continue to be next to every sportsman and athlete, in every effort for the benefit of Greek sports, in every “competition” that unites us and raises us higher and higher».

The event was attended by, among others, the Deputy Minister of Sports, I. Vroutsis, the Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection, A. Nikolakopoulos, G.G. Sports C. Mavrotas, the President of Freedom Sailing, Zoe Konstantopoulou, the Secretary of the ND, Maria Syregela, the MPs Lefteris Avgenakis, Domna Michailidou, the President of the International Olympic Academy, I. Kouvelos, the President of SEGAS, Sofia Sakorafa, Fani Palli-Petralia, Petros Efthymiou, Pyrros Dimas, Olympians of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games such as Lefteris Petrounias, Apostolos Christou, Milena Kontou and Zoe Fitsiu, representatives of the sports , shipping, financial and business world such as Ms. Petros Pappas, Dimitris Melissanidis, Michalis Sallas, Sofia Staikou, Theodoros Fessas, Michalis Tsamaz, Takis Theocharakis, Peggy Antonakou, Stelios Zavos, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Thomas Varvitsiotis, Nikos Nanopoulos, Alexis Pilavios, Eleni Vrettou, Apostolos Tamvakakis, Stratis Liarellis, Nikos Vernikos et al.