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Rector Gerasimos Siasos honours University of Athens Students—World Champions in Women’s Water Polo

Rector Gerasimos Siasos honours University of Athens Students—World Champions in Women’s Water Polo
29.05.2025 - 12.18

In an atmosphere of pride and emotion, Rector Gerasimos Siasos honoured today, in the Old Senate Hall of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the students who were part of Greece Women’s National Water Polo Team—the one that won first place at the FINA Women’s Water Polo World Cup held in China. The students honoured were: Foivi Angelidi (School of Dentistry), Marina Kotsioni (School of Physical Education and Sport Science), Christina Siouti (School of Medicine), Vasiliki Plevritou (School of Dentistry), and Sofia Tornarou (School of Medicine).

The Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Gerasimos Siasos, gave a warm welcome to the athletes and presented them with commendations in recognition of their effort and sporting ethos. Also in attendance at the awards ceremony were the Chair of the NKUA’s Committee on Sport and Physical Activity and Member of the NKUA’s Administration Council, Professor Athanasia Smirniotou, the Dean of the School of Physical Education and Sport Science, Professor Gerasimos Terzis, the Chair of the NKUA’s School of Medicine, Professor Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, and the member of the scientific commission of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Associate Professor at the NKUA’s School of Medicine, Giorgos Marinos.

‘Your achievement proves that academic excellence can harmoniously coexist with elite-level sport. You set an inspiring example for future generations and make us all very proud. Our University is with you every step of the way to support you with your dreams’, said the Rector, Professor Gerasimos Siasos.

The students, for their part, thanked the University administration for the honour and support, emphasizing that the accomplishment belongs to the entire team and everyone who backs them daily as they strive to achieve academic goals and compete for championships, all while balancing their studies with the demands of high-level sport.

The ceremony concluded with wishes for continued success, both in academic and athletic pursuits.

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Photos: Dimitris Konstantinidis

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