The 1st Attica Universities Student Run and the 6th Kapodistrian Run took place on Sunday, 4 May 2025. Rector Gerasimos Siasos of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens personally gave the signal to start the race.
Presenting the awards to the winners were the Rector of the University of Athens, Professor Gerasimos Siasos, the Chair of the NKUA’s Committee on Sport and Physical Activity and Member of the NKUA’s Administration Council, Professor Athanasia Smirniotou, the Vice-Rector for Administrative Affairs, Student Welfare, and Lifelong Learning, Professor Christos Karagiannis, the Vice-Rector for the European University, Internationalization, and Student Affairs at the Agricultural University of Athens, Professor Eleni Miliou, the Dean of the School of Physical Education and Sport Science, Professor Gerasimos Terzis, and the Director of the MSc in Global Health – Disaster Medicine of the NKUA’s School of Medicine, Professor Emmanouil Pikoulis. Also in attendance and addressing the event was the Secretary General for Sport at the Hellenic Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports, Mr George Mavrotas.
The races were organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the NKUA’s School of Physical Education and Sport Science, and the NKUA’s Committee on Sport and Physical Activity in collaboration with the Company for the Development and the Management of the Property of the University of Athens and the Postgraduate Programme ‘MSc in Global Health – Disaster Medicine’ of the NKUA’s School of Medicine.
Focusing on the young, the 1st Attica Universities Student Run was launched this year as an innovative sporting event that aspires to become a long-lasting institution within Greek Universities. This new—exclusively student-oriented—initiative brings together participants from all Universities across Attica. It aims to raise awareness and involve students in the running movement, which is primarily about health and only secondarily about awards and distinctions. The Run seeks to combine physical activity with the joy of participation, foster interaction among students across various Higher Educational Institutions in Attica, and promote the University Campus as not just a place of teaching and learning but also a hub for health and well-being.
The Kapodistrian Run began in the context of our University’s 180th anniversary and has since grown into a successful yearly sporting event held at the Zografou Campus. This Run aims to promote, among other things, health through exercise and is open to students and citizens of all ages and genders as long as they have an interest in physical recreational activities.
For the final results, please click here.
Photos: Dimitris Konstantinidis
