Comenius project

Train for Europe-The

Comenius Express

Spain, Madrid 23th Apr – 27nd Apr, 2012

THE GREEK TEAM: Model Experimental Junior High School of the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Sports

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Do you have any traditional sports which are

not Olympic disciplines? Introduce them!11

•pentathlon was a contest featuring five different events : long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, stadion and wrestling.•Pankration was a martial art and founded as a blend of boxing and wrestling •race track •Chariot•running and equestrian events

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Which are the three most successful Olympic Games of your nation?

•Water polo

•Basketball

•Weightlifting

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Who was ‘’your’’ athlete of the year 2011?The swimmer Spyros Gianniotis.Spyros has won the gold metal at 10km and the silver at 5Km in the world championship of Shanghai. Chara Stougianni

Do you know any famous athletes from your country? Which sports does/do/did he/she/they practice?1.Track

•Spiros Louis•Katerina Thanou•Fani Halkia

2 .Weight lifting

• Dimitrios Tofalos

• Pirros Dimas

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4. Football•Aggelos Haristeas•Fanis Gekas

5.Windsurfing •Nikos Kaklamanakis

6. Basketball•Panagiotis Fasoulas

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Are there any building, streets, parks,

monuments, etc. named after famous

athletes?•Spiros Louis: In Athens we can cross a street named after this famous athlete. Also, there is a statue of Spiros Louis in Melbourne. Spiros Louis was one of the most famous athletes at Marathon discipline•Dimitrios Tofalos: One street situated in Patra and a gymnastics centre have been named after this famous athlete.

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Has any world championship ever taken place in your country? Where?•Volleyball

World Championship in 1994

•World Championship of track in 1997•World Championship of Basketball in 1998

• World Championship of waterpolo in 2011 •The Swimming World Championship took place in Athens in 2000 Chara Stougianni

Have the Summer/Winter Olympics ever taken place in your country?

•Athens in April, 1896. The number of athletes who participated was 241.

Summer Olympics:

•Athens,2004

•Paralympics of 2004 took place in Greece with 10.500 athletes and 202 countries participating in them.

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Athens,2004

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Which 3 sports would you choose if you spent

your holidays in your own country?

•Swimming

•Beach Volley

•Cycling

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Thank you….!

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Greece: Model Experimental Junior High School of the University of Macedonia