Press Release
Bronze medal for the Greek Team at Longines EEF Series Greece NC!
With the crowd applauding the Greek Team, the Longines EEF Series Greece CSIO3*-W, which was hosted for the first time in Northern Greece, was completed with absolute organizational and competitive success yesterday afternoon in Thessaloniki and Ippos Club.
At the Longines EEF Series Nations Cup, which completed the competition program, the Greek Team consisting of Angelos Touloupis with Del Rey Of the Lowlands Z, Anna Papageorgiou with Janning, Ilias Baliousis with Casper d’Argouges and Dimitris Natsis with Corrie Z, managed to win the bronze medal by defeating the Turkish team in time, which had the same penalty points after the two rounds. The big winner was the Italian Team and in 2nd place the German Team.
Satisfied with the team’s performance, the team chef and new technical advisor of HEF, German Lars Meyer Zu Bexten, said “I am very satisfied with all four athletes and their horses. It was a very nice feeling to win the bronze medal in front of your audience. It was a new team, participating for the first time in a Nations Cup. The next goal for this year is the Balkan Championship in September in Serbia, for which we will work hard”.
Prizes were awarded by the Minister of Macedonia and Thraki, Mr. Konstantinos Gioulekas and the Brand Manager of Longines Greece, Ms. Dimitra Morisseou, together with Mr. George Dimaras, Vice President of the EEF and Mr. Alan Andabaka, member of the EEF Board of Directors. The event were also honored with their presence by the Mayor of Thessaloniki, Mr. Stelios Angeloudis, the Mayor of Pylaia and Chortiatis, Mr. Ignatios Kaitetzidis. who also awarded the prizes in the competitions.
On Friday, the second day of the event, it was preceded by the amazing performance of Angelos Touloupis together with his horse Lord Mexx in the Grand Prix of 1.55m height. sponsored by METLEN.
The Greek athlete made a double clear round also in the jump-off, where he participated with six other athletes and with a time of 52.79 he won the silver medal, just like last year. With this performance, Angelos and his horse qualified for the World Jumping Championships to be held in Aachen, Germany in 2026. “I am very happy for the 2nd place I took this year in the Grand Prix, just like last year. I think I could not have done better. My horse was fantastic, he did everything for me. I am very proud of qualifying for the World Championships,” Angelos said immediately afterwards.
The big winner was the Austrian Josef Schwarz Jr with Lor JDV with 0 points and a time of 51.34 and in 3rd place was the Italian Roberto Turchetto with Don Blu with 0 points and a time of 54.5.
Prizes in the Grand Prix were awarded by the top Greek dressage athlete who participated in Paris 2024, Ioli Mytilineou, who visited Thessaloniki especially for the event, Hannah Mytilineou’s mother, a former Greek jumping champion who participated in Athens 2004, the President of the HOC, Mr. Isidoros Kouvelos, the President of the HEF, Mr. Kostas Karakasilis, the event Director, Mr. Nikos Siafaras, the foreign judge Mr. Kari Jalasola and the President of the Judges, Mr. Karoly Fugli.
In total of 21 events of the four-day event, Greece won another 7 gold medals thanks to its athletes Angelos Touloupis with Domino Z in the young horse category and in the 1.45m height event No 3 with Lord Mexx, Yiannis Skandalis with Hilada in event No 6 height 1.40m, Stavros Georgopoulos with Queen Capitol in event No 8 height 1.20m, Anna Danali with Stakonja PS in event No 13 height 1.35m, Lefteris Basdelis with K Eloise in event No 18 height 1.10m, and Antonis Giatzoglou with Girly Day in event No 9 height 1.00m.
From the HEF Press Office
