{"id":41241,"date":"2026-06-23T08:38:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.otegroupmuseum.gr\/?post_type=ti-simvainei-sto-mou&#038;p=41241"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:38:43","slug":"june-23-world-olympic-day-greeces-presence-in-the-museums-photographs","status":"publish","type":"ti-simvainei-sto-mou","link":"https:\/\/www.otegroupmuseum.gr\/en\/whats-on\/news\/june-23-world-olympic-day-greeces-presence-in-the-museums-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"June 23 \u2013 World Olympic Day: Greece\u2019s presence in the Museum\u2019s photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the central message <strong>\u201cYou Can Do This! \u2013 Let\u2019s Move\u201d<\/strong>, the <strong>International Olympic Committee<\/strong> invites people of all ages to celebrate <strong>Olympic Day<\/strong> again this year on <strong>June 23<\/strong>, offering opportunities for sports and play through more than 150 activities and events taking place around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>World Olympic Day<\/strong> is <strong>dedicated to the Olympic ideal<\/strong> and was established to be celebrated on June 23, <strong>the anniversary of the founding of the International Olympic Committee<\/strong> in <strong>1894<\/strong> and <strong>the decision<\/strong> to <strong>hold the first modern Olympic Games in Athens <\/strong>in <strong>1896<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To mark World Olympic Day, the <strong>Museum<\/strong> is presenting <strong>two photographs<\/strong> from its <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.otegroupmuseum.gr\/en\/collections\/\">collections<\/a> that capture different moments of Greece\u2019s participation in the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first photograph, dated <strong>August 7, 1984<\/strong>, shows Greco-Roman wrestlers <strong>Babis Holidis<\/strong> and <strong>Dimitris Thanopoulos<\/strong> upon their return to Greece from the <strong>Los Angeles<\/strong> <strong>Olympic Games<\/strong>. <strong>Dimitris Thanopoulos<\/strong>, standing on the right, won the <strong>silver medal<\/strong> in the 82-kilogram weight class in his second Olympic appearance, while <strong>Babis Holidis<\/strong>, seated next to him, won the <strong>bronze medal<\/strong> in the 57-kilogram weight class. For Holidis, this was his second Olympic medal, as he had also won bronze at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1984 Olympics were marked by the intense <strong>Cold War atmosphere<\/strong> of the time, as the Soviet Union and most of the Eastern Bloc countries boycotted the event, while Greece was represented by 62 athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>second photograph<\/strong> captures the <strong>departure of the Greek Olympic team<\/strong> from Elliniko Airport bound for <strong>Rome<\/strong>, where the <strong>1960 Olympic Games<\/strong> were to be held. The Greek delegation consisted of <strong>48 athletes<\/strong>, who competed in eight sports, while the <strong>flag bearer<\/strong> was the <strong>heir to the throne, Constantine<\/strong>. Constantine won the <strong>gold medal<\/strong> in <strong>sailing (Dragon class)<\/strong>, with <strong>Odysseas Eskitzoglou<\/strong> and <strong>Georgios Zaimis<\/strong> as his crew. 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