After their swearing-in, all of them did not hide their emotion, while they thanked the Minister of Defense, Nikos Dendias, for speeding up the procedures, as all of them have a guaranteed future once the lights of the championship fall.
Second Lieutenant Lefteris Petrounias, took the oath under the gaze of his wife Vasilikis Millousis and their children and reported on social media: “Grade: First Lieutenant! I feel very honored for the inclusion of the Olympians in the family of the armed forces! We are all happy for the recognition of our efforts!”. His daughters even got to know the minister up close, while… they also grabbed their father’s phallic, to be photographed with it.
The Olympic rowing gold medalist in Tokyo, Stefanos Douskos, wrote about the swearing in: “With a sense of deep honor I announce today my joining as a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry of the Greek Army. It is a great honor to be included in the Armed Forces family, next to respected Olympians and colleagues who share the same devotion to the country.”
The Olympic polo champion, Dinos Genidounias, wrote: “An important day, a special day. Now and with all formality Officers of the Armed Forces”.
The Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias was present at the swearing-in ceremony of the reservists in action of Olympian officers in the Armed Forces Officers’ Club (LAED).
The Deputy Minister of National Defense Yiannis Kefalogiannis and the Deputy Minister of Education, Religion and Sports Yiannis Vroutsis gave the “present” at the swearing-in of the Olympians.
Among the athletes who took the oath were the Olympic champion in hoops Lefteris Petrounias, Miltos Tentoglou of the long jump, Sofia Papadopoulou in sailing, the captain of the national polo Yiannis Fundoulis.
“Today we honor our Olympians who were sworn Officers of the Armed Forces, as a source of inspiration, with their performance and their talent. The distinctions they have achieved reflect dedication and continuous effort and are a model for society as a whole” said Nikos Dendias.
For his part, Yannis Vroutsis noted: “They will serve the army and the Motherland with the same dedication and the same values that through Sports raised the Greek flag as high as possible, making us proud and advertising Greece to the ends of the world . The State gives our Olympians the maximum honor, as they deserve. As role models, especially for the new generation.” In detail, the Olympic medalists who were sworn in or will be sworn in: Infantry: Stefanos Douskos, Panagiotis Mantis, Eleftherios Petrounias, Stylianos Argyropoulos – Kanakakis, Angelos Vlachopoulos, Konstantinos Galanidis, Konstantinos Genidounias. Navy: Miltos Tentoglou, Ioannis Fundoulis, Giorgos Dervisis, Dimitris Skoumbakis, Alexandros Papanastasiou, Kostas Giuvetsis, Pavlos Kayalis. Aviation: Anna Korakaki, Sofia Papadopoulou, Manolis Zerdevas, Marios Kapotsis, Christodoulos Kolombos, Costas Mourikis.
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