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Athens Olympic Sports Complex
The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens Spiros Louis (, ''Olympiakó Athlitikó Kéntro Athinón "Spýros Loúis"'') or OACA (OAKA)), is a sport facilities complex located at Marousi, in the north section of the city. The complex consists of five major venues as well as other supplementary sport facilities. The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens has hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1991, the World Championship in Athletics in 1997 as well as other important athletic and cultural events. The most significant event the Athens Olympic Sports Complex has hosted, was the Olympic Games. OACA was the main venue for the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. The complex was revamped for the games under a design produced by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Venues Spyros Louis Athens Olympic Stadium The stadium, built in 1982 and extensively refurbished for the games in 2004, including the addition of a roof, hosted the athletics events and the soccer final, as well as the Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marousi
Marousi or Maroussi (), also known as Amarousio (), is a city and a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens#Athens Urban Area, Athens urban area, Greece. Marousi dates back to the era of the History of Athens, ancient Athenian Republic; its ancient name was ''Athmonum, Athmonon'' () and it represented one of the 10 Athenian sub-cities. The area held a main ancient temple, where Amarysia Artemis, the goddess of hunting, was adored. Consequently the city's modern name derives from that of the goddess, ''Amarysia'', which denotes the origin of the worship back in Amarynthos, Euboea. Its mayor is Theodoros Ampatzoglou, re-elected in 2023.Municipality of Maroussi, Municipal elections – October 2023 Ministry of Interior Geography Marousi is situated ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse. The most common form of competitive gymnastics is artistic gymnastics (AG); for women, the events include floor, vault, uneven bars, and balance beam; for men, besides floor and vault, it includes rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. The governing body for competition in gymnastics throughout the world is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Eight sports are governed by the FIG, including gymnastics for all, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics (women's branch only), trampolining (including double min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-division European clubs. The competition begins with a Round-robin tournament, round robin league phase to qualify for the double-legged knockout rounds, and a single-leg final. It is the most-watched club competition in the world and the third most-watched football competition overall, behind only the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations. Introduced 1955–56 European Cup, in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup (), and commonly known as the European Cup, it was initially a straigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Super League
The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of the Greek league system. The members of the cooperative are the Football Limited Companies (P.A.E.) that have the right to participate in the Super League 1 championship. The president of Super League 1 is Vangelis Marinakis, who has been re-elected for the third time. It consists of 14 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 26 games each followed by 6-game Championship play-offs to decide the champions. As of April 2025, Super League Greece is ranked 12th in the UEFA ranking of leagues, based on performances in European competitions over the last five years. Since the foundation of the first official Panhellenic Championship in 1927, only six clubs have won the title. With 48 conquest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club ( ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', ), is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Athens, Greece. Panathinaikos was founded in 1908 as "Podosfairikos Omilos Athinon" (''Football Club of Athens'') by Georgios Kalafatis, they play in Super League Greece, being one of the most List of football clubs in Greece by major honours won, successful clubs in Football in Greece, Greek football and one of the three clubs which have List of unrelegated association football clubs, never been relegated from the top division. Among their major titles are 20 Super League Greece, Greek Championships, 20 Greek Football Cup, Greek Cups, achieving eight times the Double (association football), Double and 3 Greek Super Cups. They are also one of three clubs to win a Greek championship List of unbeaten football club seasons, un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proastiakos
The Proastiakos (; "suburban") is Greece's commuter rail service, run by Hellenic Train, on rail infrastructure owned by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) (lines) and GAIAOSE (buildings and Trains). These services connect a participating city's Central station, central railway station to important locations such as a city's port or airport, as well as its suburbs and occasionally nearby towns and cities. As of September 2020, there are three Proastiakos networks serving the country's three largest cities: Athens Suburban Railway, Athens, Thessaloniki, and Patras, providing them with commuter rail links towards their suburbs and also with regional services to other cities and towns. In 2016, the three systems carried 10.1 million passengers. As of 8 January 2017, the lines between the central stations of Athens and Halkida have been electrified, allowing EMU train service. The lines have been changed, making Athens's central station the main layover station. Those lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerantziotissa Station
Neratziotissa or Nerantziotissa ( or respectively), is a complex of two train stations located in the median strip of the Attiki Odos motorway in Marousi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The first is a station of Line 1 of the Athens Metro, and the second is a ''Athens Suburban Railway'' (suburban rail) station. It takes its name from the nearby Byzantine church of Παναγία Νεραντζιώτισσα ('' Panagía Nerantziótissa''), which was itself named for the abundance of bitter orange trees in the area. The station is near The Mall Athens, a large United States, American-style shopping mall. It is also close to the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. Nerantziotissa station was built for the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Olympic Games, opening on 6 August 2004. It is served by Athens Suburban Railway#Lines and services, lines 1, 4 and 5 of the Athens Suburban Railway, all of which terminate at Athens Airport Station, Athens Airport. Station layout Services Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens Metro
The Athens Metro () is a rapid transit system serving the Athens urban area in Greece. Line 1 opened as a single-track conventional steam railway in 1869 and was electrified in 1904. Beginning in 1991, Elliniko Metro S.A. constructed and extended Lines 2 and 3. It has significantly changed Athens by providing a much-needed solution to the city's traffic and air pollution problem, as well as revitalising many of the areas it serves. Extensions of existing lines are under development or tender, like the Line 2 extension to Ilion where tender started in 2023, as well as a new Line 4, whose central section began construction in October 2021. The Athens Metro is actively connected with the other means of public transport, such as buses, trolleys, the Athens Tram and the Athens Suburban Railway. The Athens Metro is hailed for its modernity (mainly the newer lines 2, 3), and many of its stations feature works of art, exhibitions and displays of the archaeological remains found d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens Olympic Tennis Centre Main Court
The Athens Olympic Tennis Centre Main Court, commonly known simply as, "The Main Court", is the main stadium of the Athens Olympic Tennis Centre, which is a group of 16 tennis courts, located at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. The Main Court seats 8,600 people for tennis matches. History The Main Court was completed in February 2004, and officially opened on August 2, 2004. The Main Court hosted tennis events at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. In 2017, the Greek Basket League club, AEK Athens, revealed their plans to acquire the facility, in order to transform it into their home indoor basketball hall, with a spectator capacity for basketball games, of 9,500-10,000 seats. See also * List of tennis stadiums by capacity References External links2004 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. p. 409.OAKA.com profile. Buildings and structures completed in 2004 Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis venues Tennis Tennis is a List of racket spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens Olympic Velodrome
The Athens Olympic Velodrome is a Velodrome, velodrome stadium that is located in Marousi, Athens, Greece, at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. The venue, which have the capacity for 5,250 people, but only 3,300 seats were used due to the security measures available for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games and the 2004 Summer Paralympics. It has distinctive twin roofs, covering the stands on each side. History The Velodrome was originally between 1989 and 1991 as an outdoor venue to host the 1991 Mediterranean Games. However, the original planning for the 2004 Summer Olympics did not include any renovations to the velodrome or even a roof.But as soon after the 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta Games in 1996, the UCI found that the weather conditions interfered directly in the tests, it was decided that from Sydney 2000, the Olympic tests would have to be in covered velodromes and there was a need for a general reform in the place that lbe gave a more modern track and a controversial ceilin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
OAKA Basketball Arena, previously known as Olympic Indoor Hall of O.A.C.A., is a part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Spyros Louis Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (). It was completed in 1994 and is the largest indoor venue in Greece. It was used for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The venue is located in Marousi, a northern suburb of Athens. During its construction, it was considered to be one of the biggest and most modern Indoor arena, indoor sports arenas in all of Europe. The 18,300-capacity arena is accompanied by an adjacent training facility, and a parking lot. In 2023, Panathinaikos B.C. signed an agreement with the Greek state for a 49-year concession of the asset, making the club the sole tenant and binding it to invest in the renovation of the asset's infrastructure. The club has since transferred the responsibility of managing the venue to White Veil S.A., a company which specializes in venue and facilities management, and is also owned by Dimitr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
The Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre is a complex at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Marousi, Athens, Greece, consisting of two outdoor pools and one indoor pool, that was built for the 1991 Mediterranean Games. It was refurbished and expanded for the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Paralympics. The larger of the two outdoor pools, which seats 11,500 spectators, hosted Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics, swimming and Water Polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics, water polo events. The smaller pool, which hosted Synchronized Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics, synchronized swimming, had the capacity for 5.300 people. The indoor pool also hosted the water polo, Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics, diving and the Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, swimming during the Paralympics had capacity for another 6.300 persons. The outdoor pool was the subject of significant controversy during the run-up to the Olympic Games. At the bidding process, the Bidding Committee and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
