More than Sydney, more than Atlanta… (16 in total)

… more than any other time in the history of modern Olympic Games, the Greek national team has captured 13 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze) in this year’s games.

Bimis & Siranidis (G)

Iliadis (G)

Mpekatorou & Tsoulfa (G)

Tampakos (G)

Dimas (B)

Kelesidou (S)

Polymeros & Skiathitis (B)

Tsoumeleka (G)

Devetzi (S)

Kaklamanakis (S)

Kiouregkian (B)

Halkia (G)

Women’s water polo team (S)

Modern heroes in a time when people look out for idols.

Ioannis

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Update on Sep. 3, 2004

Well, the Greek Olympians did have several surprises for the home crowd in the final hours of the Olympic games. The total count is now 16 medals (6 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze). Many thanks to

Alexandros Nikolaidis (S)

Elli Mistakidou (S)

Mirela Manjani (B)

for making an entire country proud.

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