GREEK CELEBRITIES ARSAKEIA TOSITSEIA SCHOOLS WORLD INVESTIGATION ETWINNING 2019-2020
SPORTS CELEBRITIES
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She is 24 years old, born in Greece She won the first Gold medal for Greece, since Greece hosted the Olympics back in 2004. She represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the 25m pistol and a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol. She became the first Greek woman to win two Olympic medals in the same competition She has won several medals at the Olympic Games, at the Word Championship, at the European Games, at junior Championships, at the Word cup and at the junior World Junior Championship
Mariza from Greece
Katerina Stefanidi Katerina Stefanidi is a Greek National pole vaulter(sport included in track and field). Currently she is 29 years old. She began her career in 2005 at a junior level. During these years, she has received a range of medals and honours. Specifically, she won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games and she is the current World Outdoor, European Outdoor and Diamond League champion.Stefanidi has won 10 medals in five major international athletics championships.In conclusion, because of her achievements she is regarded as the greatest female athlete in the history of Greek sport. 4
Helen from Greece
Eleftherios Petrounias Eleftherios Petrounias was born in November 30 1990. He is a 5 times european medalist (4 golds and 1 bronze) , he has won the olympics in 2016 and lastly he has been a world champion in 2015, 2017 and 2018 in rings. Petrounias grew up as a hyperactive child, and at the age of five, his mother brought him to the Panionios Gymnastics Club so that he could release his energy.
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Damien from GREECE
KOSTAS FOURTOUNIS KOSTAS FOURTOUNIS IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL PLAYER. HE STARTED PLAYING FOOTBALL IN AO TRIKALA. NOW HE IS PLAYING IN OLYMPIAKOS AND HE IS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE TEAM. HE WAS BORN IN TRIKALA IN 1992. He is a Greek footballer who plays for Olympiacos and the Greek national By team. 6
ALEX from GREECE
Vasilis Spanoulis
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Vassilis Spanoulis was born in August 7, 1982. He is a Greek professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the EuroLeague. A 6 ft 4 in tall combo guard, he is nicknamed Kill Bill, V-Span, and MVP . Spanoulis was named the Balkan Athlete of the Year in 2009.the All-Europe Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013, the Vatican's World Athlete of the Year in 2013 and the EuroLeague MVP the same year. He has earned a record eight All-EuroLeague Team selections.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
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Stefanos Tsitsipas is a Greek professional tennis player.
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He is the youngest player ranked in the top 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals and has a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the world, making him the highest-ranked Greek player in history.
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After losing in the first and second rounds of the Masters 1000 tournaments in Madrid and Rome, Tsitsipas closed out the clay-court season by winning his first career Grand Slam match at the French Open against Carlos Taberner before losing to Thiem, the eventual runner-up. He played at Wimbledon seeded for first time at No. 3.
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Tsitsipas began the season at the Hopman Cup alongside Maria Sakkari, making them the first team to represent Greece at the event in 17 years. Tsitsipas' only singles win was against Frances Tiafoe, while one of his losses was against Roger Federer.
Dimitra , from the greek team
GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO By Spyros
Giannis is a top NBA player ,he grew in greece and played in the fiba world cup this year for the greece national team. He plays for millwall bucks, he was born in december in the 6 of 1994. He also has won one MVP award which was last season when his team nearly won the championship.
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Zack Gaifianakis He was Born to a Greek father and a mother of English and Scottish ancestry, and was raised in a Greek Orthodox home. Dropped out of university one credit short of graduating and moved to New York. He is the host of the Emmy Award-winning talk show Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis. He also played Alan in the movie “The Hangover” which for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2017. In his talk show he has interviewed Jimmy Kimmel, Michael Cera, Jon Hamm, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Bradley Cooper, Carrot Top, Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Andy Dick, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Sean Penn, Bruce Willis, Tila Tequila, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell, Samuel L. Jackson, Tobey Maguire, Arcade Fire, Justin Bieber, President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Brad Pitt. His interview style consists of typical interview questions, bizarre non sequiturs, awkward product endorsements and sometimes inappropriate sexual questions and comments. Galifianakis won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program as a producer of the show at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. In his talk show he actually humiliated different celebrities as well as himself! The celebrities go to his show knowing that they’ll get 11 humiliated!
By Agamemnon from GREECE
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MARAVEGIAS
Kostis Maravegias (Greek: Κωστής Μαραβέγιας), is a Greek singer-songwriter, composer, performer, director, TV presenter and writer. He plays the accordion, piano, guitar, hammond, farfisa and he sings in Greek, English, Spanish and Italian. Although he began his musical career in the underground and alternative music scene of Italy and Greece, as of 2015 Maraveyas has reached wider audiences and is considered as a well known songwriter-performer in Greece. Awards he has received Best Composer Best duet song Best alternative video clip
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