
Media presence
My journey through television, documentaries, interviews and the press.
▶From medicine to the world’s climbing walls.
A conversation with Leta Gkaretsou on Act for Earth — about climbing, choosing a different path and the dream of air rescue.
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Selected highlights
Film Database
IMDb: Es Avrion Ta Spoudaia
The IMDb listing for the ERT documentary featuring my climbing journey.
Audio Interview
Kalymnos Times: Parenthesi
A conversation about the Greek national team, the challenges of climbing and my connection with nature.
Viral Feature
Parallaxi: The home that became a climbing gym
How I turned my student home into a climbing gym during lockdown.
Press Feature
InStyle: Kalymnos fills with climbers
A photographic feature from the Kalymnos Climbing Festival.
Oral History
Istorima: Climbing rocks and colourful walls
An oral-history interview about my first steps on rock and the journey into competitive climbing.
Athlete Profile
Official World Climbing profile
Official results from World Cups, European competitions and international championships.
TV interviews & appearances
Television clips collected on my YouTube channel, including XINHAU TV, ERT, MEGA, SKAI, OPEN and Kriti TV.
More stories & coverage
Features, interviews, photographs and competition reports from Greek and international publications.
Climbing at home in Thessaloniki ↗
An interview on Koinonia Ora MEGA about training on my living-room climbing wall.
A climbing wall in the living room ↗
My appearance on ERT’s Apo tis Exi, discussing how I kept training during lockdown.
A medical student’s home climbing wall ↗
A feature on building a training wall at home during lockdown.
Turning a living room into a climbing wall ↗
Coverage of my home training setup in Thessaloniki.
The student who built a climbing wall at home ↗
A report on adapting my living room for climbing during lockdown.
Training at home during lockdown ↗
An EPA photograph of me training on the climbing wall inside my living room.
A medical student builds a rock-climbing wall ↗
An English-language feature on combining medical studies with climbing and home training.
Getting creative at home during lockdown ↗
An English-language report on staying active and training at home.
The doctor who lives for adventure ↗
An introduction to my climbing journey and participation in the 2025 festival.
Kalymnos Climbing Festival: the next chapter ↗
Festival coverage mentioning my participation alongside the other Greek and international guests.
A champion’s home becomes a climbing gym ↗
A report on my training setup and balancing university with climbing.
From a student home to a climbing gym ↗
Local coverage of my home climbing wall during the 2020 lockdown.
National bouldering podium in 2024 ↗
A report naming my second-place finish in the men’s category at the national bouldering championship.
National championship success in 2018 ↗
Coverage of my junior national titles at the 29th Greek climbing championship.
Representing Xanthi in Innsbruck ↗
A report on my participation in university and international climbing events in Austria in 2022.
Competing in Austria in 2022 ↗
Regional coverage of my Innsbruck competitions with the Greek team.
National championship success in 2017 ↗
Coverage of my category win at the 28th Greek climbing championship.
World Youth Championships in Arco ↗
A 2015 newspaper announcement of my selection for the Greek national youth team.
Winning the Koronisia Sprint Triathlon ↗
A report naming me as the winner of the fourth Koronisia Sprint Triathlon.
Koronisia triathlon and the Amvrakikos crossing ↗
Local coverage of the sporting weekend and my first-place triathlon finish.
Winning the Avgo Trail 13 km ↗
A race report naming me as the winner of the shorter Avgo Trail event.
Kalymnos through the lens of InStyle ↗
A syndicated listing of InStyle’s photographic feature from Kalymnos.
A home wall for lockdown training ↗
A republication of the report about my ERT appearance and home training setup.


















