Stoiximan Team Runs Athens Marathon with Athletes with Disabilities

The Stoiximan Wheels of Change team once again took part in the 43rd Athens Marathon, with a broad field that included people with disabilities. The team ran alongside more than 1,000 people, including 32 individuals with disabilities, and with this participation it appeared in the marathon for the fourth time. People of different ages, skill levels and sporting backgrounds started from the same point and shared the joy of working toward a common goal and reaching the finish line.

Stoiximan supports the staging of the marathon as the official sponsor of the Greek Athletics Federation (SEGAS). Names such as Lefteris Petrounias, Miltos Tentoglou, Stefanos Douskos, Thodoris Tselidis, Christina Bourbou, Antonis Papakonstantinou, Antigoni Drisbioti, Stergios Bilas, Vangelis Makrygiannis, coach Giorgos Pomaski, Sofia Malkogeorgou and Antonis Tantalidis supported the team at the event. Spyros Giannioti and Vasiliki Millousi, who took part as ambassadors, and members of Legends 2004 Angelos Charisteas, Angelos Basinas, Takis Fyssas and Giannis Goumas also joined.

The team ran the 5 km course with 620 members, 19 of whom were people with disabilities. 280 people ran the 10 km, and 9 of them were people with disabilities. 102 people took part in the main 42.195 metre course. This group included two visually impaired and two mobility-impaired athletes. The Cyprus team also came to Athens with 23 members and joined the marathon.

As part of the program, Stoiximan worked with six organizations that support people with disabilities. These included the ALS Association in Greece, the Hippocampus Therapeutic Swimming Association and Stroke for Hope. The Ypárchō Education and Rehabilitation Center in Cyprus is also among the partner organizations. Fotis Zisimopoulos also completed the course as a running guide and crossed the finish line in 02:48. The team's joint entrance into Panathinaiko Stadium was one of the most notable moments of this year's participation.