Distinct honor offered to the Lefteris Petrunia The European Gymnastics, selecting it among all athletes participating in the European Leipzig Gymnastics Championship to award him prize “SmartScoring Shooting Star Award”.
Lefteris Petrounias received the award on the sidelines of the medals to the winners of the composite individual women, by the hands of the Managing Director of the Official Company of the “Smartscoring” event, Mr. Kamran Ramazanov. A similar prize was also given to Selest Mordendi by Luxembourg, who was chosen among all women in the women’s category.
The “Smartscoring Shooting Star Award” prize was established in 2018 and aims to bring to the focus of athletes and athletes who have a separate story to tell and who are a source of inspiration for the next generation of athletes and the general public.
“Lefteris Petrounias is really the Greek” lord of the rings “, with three Olympic medals including the 2016 title in Rio, with three world titles and the record number of seven European titles in the links.
With an international career of nearly 15 years in European Men’s Championships, Petrounias overcame several setbacks: at the 2015 World Championships, he chased and took the Olympic qualification having just lost his father, with feelings being very intense. The gold medal he won in “Rio 2016” was dedicated to his father.
Then, shortly after the 2018 World Championship, left shoulder surgery was needed. He started a race with time to prevent him from returning to the qualifying matches before the Tokyo Olympics. With the support of his faithful environment, his wife Vasiliki Miloussi and their two daughters, Petrounia is still shining. Outside of the gym, he is a community leader and is a member of the administration of the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation as a representative of athletes, “said European Gymnastics in a press release issued after the award of the Greek Champion, who will be in the Greek champion tomorrow (Friday 30/05, 20: 00 His title in the rings.
Recall that Lefteris Petrounias will compete in the final of the European Championship of Leipzig, where on Friday (30/05, 20: 00-20: 45 hours of Greece, ERT2) he will chase his eighth European title!