Departs on Saturday, March 19, the Greek delegation that will represent us at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) to be held in Vuokatti, Finland from 20 to 25 March, by the European Olympic Committees.
Our country will be represented in the following sports: Alpine skiing, Endurance Roads, Biathlon, Figure Skating and Snowboarding with 12 athletes.
The team includes:
D. Asvestas, A. Bakas, M. Kaltsogianni, E. Dimitrov (Alpine Ski)
A. Gastis, I. Kotsalos (Biathlon)
G. Anastasiades, A. Antoniadis, N. Tita (Endurance Roads)
G. Smith, E. Arvanitidou (Snowboard)
D. Katsarou (Cal. Skating)
Coaches are K. Papakrivos and A. Vassiliou in Alpine skiing, K. Xanthi in Biathlon, N. Anastasiades in Endurance Roads, N. Grammatikopoulos in Snowboarding and A. Chatziathanasiou in Artistic Skating.
Our team will be accompanied by the Technical Advisor of the HOC S. Caretos and the Head of Mission V. Kozomboli while the Youth Ambassador for Greece will be the athlete artistic skating E. Voulgari.
Approximately 2000 athletes and officials from 44 European National Olympic Committees will participate in this athletic event for young athletes aged 14-18. The Games' schedule includes nine sports over five days: ice hockey, skating, short track, cross country skiing, biathlon, snowboarding, alpine skiing, ski jumping and Nordic combined.