Thessaloniki: Gold medalist Ioannis Melissanidis was awarded by OASTH
The “Child of OASTH” is the gold Olympian of instrumental gymnastics and world champion Ioannis Melissanidis, who was awarded by the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization.
His father, Evangelos Melissanidis, was an employee of the Organization, while he himself used the buses from a young age, to go to the places of his training and competitions, where Ioannis Melissanidis characteristically mentioned during his award ceremony by the Organization Of Urban Transport of Thessaloniki (OASTH).
“My father was at the forefront and always spoke to me with the best words about his colleagues,” he said, noting that he had not been able to “climb peaks” if he did not have the support of his father in his dream. “Whatever I am, I am also for my father”, he noted excitedly, while it was said that OASTH is part of the puzzle of his trainings, games and finally his procedures, because he went to the Palais des Sports, to Mikra, but also to races in Stavroupoli with his fellow athletes, using the public transport of Thessaloniki.
As an adult, as underlined by the top athlete, who participates non-profit in an OASTH commercial, he continues to use buses, as he loves the environment. “What we are preparing, the spot, which you will see and I think you like very much, will sensitize not only adults, but also young children, to utilize and use the urban transport of Thessaloniki” concluded Ioannis Melissanidis. The award for his contribution to sports, but also for the support he provides to the communication plans of OASTH, as he participates in spots for ticket evasion and for the proper use of public transport, was made by the president and managing director of the Organization, professor . George Skodra, in the presence of members of the board and its executives.
George Skodras thanked the gold medalist for his participation in the spot. “We had the pleasure and honor to welcome to the Organization the Gold Olympian Ioannis Melissanidis, a child of Thessaloniki and a child of OASTH, as his father served in the Organization for years. We especially want to thank him for his non-profit and honorary participation in the commercial which the Organization is preparing and which will soon see the light of day. In this way, I hope to raise awareness of society as a whole, but also of young people in particular, both for the environmental benefit of using public transport and for the need to support the Organization, validating their ticket each time. “
The president of the OASTH Employees’ Union, Giannis Dimkas, also said that he was happy but excited: . I was lucky and happy to work with his father as well. I want to thank him on the part of the employees for what he has offered in Greece and not only, because even today he shows that he is aware and tries to help in every way that his father served for so many years. A very big thank you “.
The award was presented by the Vice President of OASTH, Iosif Kioseoglou, the members of the Board of Directors, Giannis Rentzeperis, George Iliadis and Sofia Mavridou, the executives of the Organization Christos Chatzigeorgiou, Simos Paparopoulos E Syngodikos Z George .Σ. , Giannis Dimkas._