Miltos Tedoglou, the “Golden” Silver Athlete

Miltos Tedoglou, the “Golden” Silver Athlete

By Dimitris Laloudakis
Physical Education Teacher

“He probably doesn’t put oregano in his hair….
We are very proud that you came into our lives..
The guy who said: “I’m lazy, it’s simple, I don’t want to do anything. I fight with athletics, because I like it. In what I like, I’m not that lazy.
I won’t cook, I’ll order. I won’t make coffee, I might order. When the kids tell me to go out, to go for a walk, I’ll tell them I’m bored.” and how he respects all professions in general, that he doesn’t think that what he does is more difficult compared to someone who works eight hours in construction, the guy who said that “What a builder does is probably more difficult than what I do, so why play it anyone? My best friend works in a bakery in Grevena. I know it’s hard work, all jobs are hard.
I respect anyone who tries and I don’t want to make a story out of it.”
The boy who during a European championship recognized Heike Dressler, a high-level athlete, who was there as a volunteer only to level the sand in the pit after the athletes’ efforts.
The guy who ran up and kissed her won the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships.
The silver, not the gold.
And he turned and declared: “I left my body far behind. It’s a shame I lost the gold like that. My time was okay. I had a good streak and it’s a shame. Never mind that I lost by 8.32m. I didn’t hit a single jump. I said I had to do 8.50m. I shouldn’t have won with 8.32m. It would be a shame. ”
You’re golden, man. Gold.
And just for this recognition that your teammate was better: “I shouldn’t have won. It would be a shame.”
In the photo, the athlete with high distinctions, Miltos Tedoglou with Heike Dressler, a great figure of athletics, who in a championship, simply, voluntarily leveled the dirt.”