The European Youth Olympic Festival, “EYOF” (began as Youth Olympic Day in 1991), takes place on 21-27th of July in Baku. This year the athletes participate in the Athletics events are the 16 and 17-years old.
A promising Greek team will take part and many athletes are among the best in U18 Europe’s top lists and national record holders : Tzengo, Granitsiotis, Emmanouilidou, Spyrou, Chatzipharani, Dragomirova, Konstantinidou, Deligianni.
The team
Boys
100m. Giannis Granitsiotis (GO Peristeri “Yiannis Palaskas”)
200m.: Giannis Kariofyllis (GAS Skala)
110m. h.: Giannis Arvanitis (GS Edessa)
10.000 m. RW: Alexandros Mortzakis (AE Patras “Olympias”)
PV: Sotiras Chytas (Ameinias Mesogeion Pallini)
SP: Kostas Gennikis (OFKA Serres)
DT: Kostas Bouzakis (GS “El. Venizelos” Chania)
HT: Orestis Dousakis (GS “El. Venizelos” Chania)
Girls
100m.: Polyniki Emmanouilidou (GAS Koufalia)
200m.: Eirini Minopoulou (GS Glyfada)
400m.: Stella Konstantinidou (GAS Archelaos Katerini)
800m.: Elli-eftychia Deligianni (SAKA – Athens College)
3000m.: Vasileia Spyrou (Panionios GSS)
400m. emp.: Anna Chatzipourgani (GAS Archelaos Katerini)
Epi konto: Anastasia Retsa (Ameinias Mesogeion Pallini)
Triploun: Maria Kavalieratou (Pannaxiakos AO)
Diskovolia: Sofia Kessidi (AS Kentavros N. Kallikrateia)
Sfyrovolia: Panagiota Fringi (GS Kifisia)
Akontismos: Elina Tzennko (AS Kentavros N. Kallikrateia)
7athlo & mikos: Anastasia Dragomirova (AS Kentavros N. Kallikrateia)