The races

On Saturday, May 25th, the charity event "Swim for autism" of the Civil Non-Profit Company RACE FOR AUTISM GR took place for a third year in a row, in co-organization with the children's education and sports department of the Municipality of Kallithea and the deputy mayor Mr. Georgios Margomenos.

The president and founder of NPCC Race for Autism Gr Ada Stamatatou organized the charity event for autism awareness and for equal participation of people with neurodiversity in sports events.

The supervision as every year, was voluntarily supported by the swimming coach and manager of the Kallithea Municipality swimming pool Mr. Tasos Karampelas together with his team of coaches.

The founder of WeSwim, Petros Parthenis presented the swim event who tirelessly encouraged the swimmers for over eight hours.

Over 200 professional and amateur swimmers passed by the Kallithea swimming pool where every half hour twenty people per lane contributed to autism awareness with their presence.

The athlete's bag and swimming cap were in the registration package.

In the athlete's bag was a PHARMACY 295 sunscreen, an energy gel from GU Energy Greece and a CLIF bar from THIRD WIND.

The water supply for the race was provided by the company VIKOS natural mineral waters and VIKOS natural mineral soft drinks.

Sponsors of the event:
VIKOS natural mineral water
VIKOS natural mineral soft drinks.
VIKOS cola
GU Energy Greece
THIRD WIND
PHARMACY 295

All photos on FOTOTREXOUME a free offer from the organization RACE FOR AUTISM GR.

https://www.foto-trexoume.gr/f989419929

On Sunday, March 31, the 3rd 5k road race of the Non-Profit Civil Company “Race for Autism Gr” was held in Vouliagmeni in co-organization with the Municipality of Vari Voula Vouliagmeni.
The technical organization was, as every year from myracegr.
This year 1215 runners finished with the women having the lead with 617 entries!

The presentation of the race was made by Petros Parthenis, founder of WESWIM Greece who gives his best voice to raise autism awareness.

The start was given at 09:30 by the Mayor of Vouliagmeni Mr.Grigoris Constantellos, who, as he had promised at the press conference, ran also at the race.
The first coral consisted disabled athletes who, as every year, honor the race that gives them equal participation and the possibility to start at the first coral.
Dozens of disabled athletes from the Ionas Disability Association, NPO Run with me, MDA Hellas together with Finish Liners, Rush out and JAMBOL AGAPIS ran in wheelchairs and in handrails with their guide runners and equally participated in the magical route of the 5k next to the sea.
In the second coral most of the runners started 5 min later.
Runners of all ages and abilities ran the 5k road race on the closed roads organized by the police municipality together with the help from police.
Families with children, strollers with babies, beloved pets were present at the race.
This year, the effort by the chairman and president of “Race for Autism Gr”Mrs Ada Stamatatou to make inclusion a reality was strong.
It was her idea that at the finish line volunteers with severe disabilities and mental retardation from the shelter CHARA gave the medals! Inclusion means giving everyone the opportunity to shine and at this race everyone is perfectly capable of showing his best performance.

The overall women's winner was Denise Dimaki of GAS Ilisos with a time of 19:10.
In the general men's race, the winner was Fourmouzis David from Anargyrous Varis with a time of 18:05'.

In the 2nd place overall for women, Konstantinou Marina of A.S. Agia Paraskevi with a time of 19:17'
And 3rd overall women's place is Karagiannis Agoritsa from Marathonos Serres with a time of 20:54'
Georgakopoulos Konstantinos of Ionas AmaA in 2nd place overall for men with a time of 18:28'
And 3rd place Argyriadis Vasileios of GS Amarousiou with a time of 18:54'

Medals were awarded to men and women in all age categories up to 60+

The three largest group registrations were awarded with a special award!
First place for 3rd consecutive year was awarded to PROPELLER CLUB PORT OF PIRAEUS, 2nd place to EUNICE GR and 3rd place JAMBOLL AGAPIS.

The race medals were generously sponsored by the jewelry company HERMINA GREECE who also provided a corporate presence with runners.
The water supply of the race for the second year in a row was sponsored by the company VIKOS Mineral Waters and VIKOS Refreshments that cooled the runners in an atmosphere of 22 degrees C!

Also sponsoring the race for the second year was EUROBANK Asset Management MFMC which every year gives a dynamic presence with a big team of corporate runners.

The gels of the race were sponsored, as every year, by GU Energy Greece.

Bella Fruta provided bananas to all the runners and friends.

As always, the volunteer lifeguards of LIFEGUARD HELLAS offered medical assistance and support.

The company MAXUS-MOTOR.GR provided the cars that transported the materials of the race, but the most importantly they transported the disabled volunteers from the "Hara"shelter to Vouliagmeni and returned them after the end of the race, an action organized by Ms. Maria Kardamaki senior marketing executive of the company.

Warm supporters this year were the companies ALASSIA, SAFE BULKERS, DELOITTE GREECE who, in addition to donations, also organized corporate teams of runners.

Media Sponsors:
Runner Magazine
Shape Magazine

Link for the photos from road race:
https://www.foto-trexoume.gr/raceforautism_run2024

On Saturday, April 8, the 2nd "Swim for Autism" of the Civil Non-Profit Company RaceForAutism Gr was held at the New Swimming Pool "Stavros Niarchos" in co-organization with the Municipality of Kallithea and the O.P.A.A. sports department Yiannis Gallos

220 swimmers took part in the annual autism awareness swim which is celebrated throughout the month of April.

The swim was coordinated by the manager of the Kallithea swimming pool and head coach Tasos Karampelas in collaboration with the president and founder of RaceForAutism.Gr, Ada Stamatatou.

Volunteers were all the swimming coaches of the Kallithea swimming pool. The presentation was made by Petros Parthenis, founder of Weswim.Gr.

The action was honored with their presence by the Mayor of Kallithea Dimitris Karnavos and the head of the sports department "Yiannis Gallos" Manolis Kostakis.

Sponsors:

Vikos Natural Mineral Water - Vikos Natural Mineral Water

Vikos Natural Mineral Refreshments - Vikos Natural Mineral Refreshments

Vikos Cola – Vikos Cola

The company Pharmacy295 was the generous sponsor of all photos of the participants during the swim.

GU Energy Greece

Sound coverage and music: ProdAction

Video production: Swimbikerun.gr, Livecoverage.gr: Konstantinos Papanikolaou

Live Streaming: Yiannis Katopodis

Lifeguard of the Lifeguard Hellas Lifeguard School – Hellenic Training Center Christina Rota
Stergiou family

With ideal conditions, the 2nd RACE FOR AUTISM Gr was held on April 2, 2023 with more than 1000 participants leaving positive impressions and memories.

The Civil Non-Profit Company Race For Autism Gr in co-organization with the Municipality of Vari Voula Vouliagmeni held a 5 km road race and a 1.5 km symbolic walk at Kavouri Vouliagmeni on April 2 International Day of autism awareness.

The race was under the auspices of the Ministry of Labor while the technical management was by MyRace. More than 1000 participants showed up at 9:30 in the morning at the beach of Kavouri with smiles and optimism to complete this important project with absolute success.

The start was given by the Mayor of Varis Voulas Vouliagmenis Grigoris Konstantellos, the Deputy Minister of Labor Welfare and Social Solidarity Domna Michailidou and the president of Race for Autism Gr Ada Stamatatou in the presence of the General Secretary of Social Solidarity and Combating Poverty Giorgos Stamatis and the Deputy Minister of Tourism Sofia Zacharakis.

The start was given in two waves, in the 1st group we had the emotional start of 9 wheelchairs, Paralympians with manual wheelchairs and many PWDs who were present supporting neurodiversity in sport and in the 2nd group the rest of the 800 participants.

SPONSORS and SUPPORTERS

The water supply of the race was supported by the company VIKOS SA, while the medals of the race were kindly sponsored by the company ELPEN.

All race photos was given for free to runners sponsored by the company Pharmacy 295 as well as race videography sponsored by the company PeopleCert.

Warm supporters of the race were also:

EUROBANK AEDAK, On, GU giving the necessary energy to the participants, the Stergiou Family, giving us the sweet pleasure of their products after the end of the race, Bella Frutta/Orsero giving a dynamic presence again and replenishing the lost energy of the athletes with their delicious bananas and pineapples, the SIXT company of the MOTODYNAMIKI group, which safely transported and covered the needs of the event, and the Swim Bike Run, a warm supporter of all major sporting events.

Finally, Lifeguards Hellas, the Red Cross Samaritans and Interamerican covered the race with their services, providing security to all athletes and attendees.

The presentation of the race was given by the founder of WeSwim, Petros Parthenis. More information about the sponsors can be found here:

https://water.gr/
https://www.elpen.gr/
https://www.pharmacy295.gr/el
https://www.peoplecert.org/
https://www.eurobank.gr/el/retail
http://www.stergiou.gr/Home.aspx?C=2
https://www.guenergy.gr/
https://www.bellafrutta.gr/en/
https://www.sixt.gr/
https://www.on-running.com/en-gr/
https://swimbikerun.gr/
https://lifeguardhellas.gr/
https://www.interamerican.gr/
http://www.redcross.gr/

Event planning:

https://raceforautism.gr/
https://www.myrace.gr/

Photos:

https://www.foto-trexoume.gr/raceforautismgr2023

On Sunday, April 3rd 2022 a charity swimming event 'Swim for autism' was held for autism awareness and acceptance in Greece at the New Swimming Pool of Kallithea 'Stavros Niarchos', under the auspices of the Municipality of Kallithea.
For 5 hours, every half an hour 20 swimmers, 200 in total, age groupers, professional athletes, Olympians, Paralympians, parents of autistic people and autistic adults were present at this celebration at the beautiful swimming pool of Kallithea.
The action was accompanied voluntarily by the staff and coaches of the swimming pool.
Huge thanks to head coach Tassos Karabelas and his team for embracing this idea from day one!
We warmly thank the Mayor of Kallithea Dimitrios Karnavos and Manolis Kostakis, president of the sports club of Kallithea, who generously donated the swimming pool and were present at this celebration of autism awareness.

Sponsors and contributions:
• Theoni Natural Mineral Water
• Verve Juices
• Gefsinus Food Culture
• GU Energy Greece
• Pharmacy295
• Athensbestsmiles
• 641 six.for.one

Live broadcast from livecoveragegr and swimbikerungr:
• Yiannis Katopodis
• Polydefkis Hantziaras, Konstantinos Papanikolaou

On April 2, 2022, the first race of Race For Autism Gr took place in Tritsi Park of the Municipality of Ilion with 5 and 10 km road races.
The race for autism awareness and acceptance in Greece was sold out with 800 entries.
The start of the 5 km race was given by the Deputy Minister of Welfare Domna Michailidou together with the Mayor of Ilion Nikos Zenetos and the start of the 10 km race by the Attica Regional Governor George Patoulis in the presence of the representative of the Greek Parliament Giannis Loverdos.
The race was honored by the presence of the Honorable President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou who walked symbolically on the 5 km route together with autistic adults from Attica structures with their accompanying caregivers.
The medals were awarded to the first 3 men and women of each race by the officials with the help of the autistic adults.

LiveCoveragegr and Swimbikerungr covered live both races.

Major sponsors of the race:
• Theoni Natural Mineral Water
• DELTA
• Eurobank

Sponsors - Supporters:
• Pharmacy295
• GU Energy Greece
• Interamerican
• 641 six.four.one
• Papanastasiou Company
• Best Smiles

Organization supervision:
• ALL ABOUT RUNNING

In 2021 due to the covid-19 pandemic the RACE FOR AUTISM GR took place virtually the whole month of April with free participation throughout Greece and abroad organised by ALL ABOUT RUNNING under the auspices of the Ministry of Labor and with the support of the Social Welfare Center Attica Region K.K.P.P.A ..

The participations were over 3000 in competitions of running, cycling, swimming and walking.