In January 2024 in Argentina he conquered The silver medal in the U17 category of ILCA 6 Olympic Class and followed the silver in the world youth in Italy.
Last April in Portugal, a European champion was crowned at the ILCA 6 Youth and three months later climbed the highest step of the podium and the Los World Championships!
Ermioni Gika is named the new overwhelming star of Greek, but also global sailing. A young girl who works hard and methodically from a very young age and is justified.
With perseverance and great faith in herself, Gika has bowed for a huge career. It is already at the top of the world and now its goal is to maintain its highest level to win its first medal at the Losian Olympic Games.
The Greek world champion made an excellent fight in America and stood out for her stability on the 12 races of the program.
Her positions were 2, 2, 13.6 (removed her as her worst), 1, 2, 5, 5, 1, 2, 12, 3 and 8. She scored 32 points against A. Sapovalova from Ukraine and 52 by F. Eden from the Netherlands.
81 vessels ran from 31 countries and Gika made an unlikely appearance and in the end she got what she deserved.
But the boys went wonderful. Alexandros Kifidis won 5th place with 139 points in a total of 140 vessels from 33 countries!
Erotokritos Nikolaos Komianos took 7th place with 145.3 points and climbed to the second step of the podium in the U17 category!
Huge success for both of our sailors, considering the great demands of this race.
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