Part of the proceeds from the Alexandros Nikolaidis medal auction will go to those affected by the deadly weather in Crete, his family announced on Facebook.
Recall, double silver Olympic taekwondo medalist Alexandros Nikolaidis dies at 42. For the past two years, he has been battling an extremely rare form of cancer. Nikolaidis was also deputy spokesman for the main opposition party, SYRIZA.
Alexandros Nikolaidis, in his latest sensational post that touched the hearts of the Greeks, expressed his will by declaring that his medals be auctioned and the proceeds donated to help children or the needy (at his family’s choice).
Also, according to the family of Alexandros Nikolaidis, SYRIZA President Alexis Tsipras returned the family a torch given to him by Alexandros Nikolaidis from the Sydney Olympics in order to be put up for auction along with Olympic medals.
Part of the funds raised will be donated to childhood cancer centers, and the other part will be used to help flood victims in Crete (two people died during the storm.
“We are very grateful to him, and after this step, we as a family decided to add to our collection the last two Olympic torches that Alexandros had – one from the London Olympics and the other from Beijing – for auction. The last torch has a huge collection value, as Olympian became the first torchbearer in 2008.
Recall, double silver Olympic taekwondo medalist Alexandros Nikolaidis dies at 42. For the past two years, he has been battling an extremely rare form of cancer. Nikolaidis was also deputy spokesman for the main opposition party, SYRIZA.
The great athlete and father of two young children previously announced his impending death with a post on his social media pages. His heartbreaking message begins like this: “I’ll start with the cliché that if you’re reading this right now, I’ve probably gone somewhere better or nowhere.
I also suffered from cancer for two years. Such a rare type of cancer, walnut carcinoma, that currently nine out of ten Greek doctors who read this message hear about it for the first time and rush to see it. Among other things, he thanked his team of doctors for keeping him alive so that his youngest daughter, who was 3.5 years old when he was diagnosed, had time to remember him.
The great athlete and father of two young children previously announced his impending death with a post on his social media pages. His heartbreaking message begins like this: “I’ll start with the cliché that if you’re reading this right now, I’ve probably gone somewhere better or nowhere.
I also suffered from cancer for two years. Such a rare type of cancer, walnut carcinoma, that currently nine out of ten Greek doctors who read this message hear about it for the first time and rush to see it. Among other things, he thanked his team of doctors for keeping him alive so that his youngest daughter, who was 3.5 years old when he was diagnosed, had time to remember him.
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