13,000 Greek students and French-speaking students from other countries participate.
At the opening ceremony, the Director of the French Institute of Greece Nicholas Eybalin, the President of ETHNOA and Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics Demosthenes Tabakos and the President of the French Olympic Academy Arnaud Richard addressed the opening ceremony.
From the athletes' side we had the pleasure to start with a great Romanian gymnast Ecatarina Szabo, the special Loukia Kasamaki and Ilias Mastora from Paralympic football, the Paralympic cycling champion Sebastian Bichon and the Olympic champion of artistic swimming Eleftheria Ftoulis who shared with us unique stories about their remarkable personal paths.
The meetings will continue in the coming days with the Olympic rowing champions Stergios Papachristos, open water rowers Kelly Araouzou, basketball champions Polly Saregou, Paralympic swimming champions Yannis Kostakis and Beatrice Hess and judo champion Medhi Mekhneche.
The Hellenic-French Olympic and Paralympic Week is organized in cooperation with the French Institute of Greece, the Hellenic Olympic Committee and the National Olympic Academies of Greece and France.
