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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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    Remember the little Greek girl who blew out the Olympic flame at the Athens 2004 closing ceremony? We catch up with Fotini Papaleonidopoulou 12 years later.
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Комментарии • 416

  • @Craig_1901
    @Craig_1901 8 лет назад +3965

    she's gorgeous

    • @mariejohns1289
      @mariejohns1289 7 лет назад +24

      Craig Austin I was just going to comment on how beautiful she was!

    • @animegirl553
      @animegirl553 7 лет назад +20

      Jillian M Gauthier what do you mean? green eyes are beautiful! ps i have blue eyes

    • @panoC97
      @panoC97 7 лет назад +17

      Jillian M Gauthier Green is the rarest eye color in the world. So pretty much everybody likes green eyes because it's not something you see every day. My father also has green eyes.

    • @melinast4904
      @melinast4904 7 лет назад +10

      Craig Austin we are all beautiful in greece

    • @user-vp3rr1zl4v
      @user-vp3rr1zl4v 7 лет назад +2

      εεετσι-)

  • @WHAATEVEN
    @WHAATEVEN 7 лет назад +5628

    I only clicked because I thought you weren't meant to let the flame go out... awkward

  • @HarryHayfield
    @HarryHayfield 8 лет назад +1020

    Ever since the closing ceremony of Sydney 2000, I have been unable to watch the extinguishing of the Olympic flame live because I feel that a brilliant light has gone out, but in 2004 that intense sadness was very much tempered by the theme of the flame not dying but being passed along to each and every one of us and the performance mentioned here was the best example of that. It would be nice if that began a regular feature of the closing ceremony.

    • @Naruto40883
      @Naruto40883 8 лет назад +6

      Harry Hayfield d

    • @faithsmith3166
      @faithsmith3166 7 лет назад +2

      Harry Hayfield k

    • @TheGfdsahjk
      @TheGfdsahjk 3 года назад

      stfu loser everything u said had nothing to do with that video

    • @rachaelsmith8764
      @rachaelsmith8764 Год назад +1

      I still can't watch Londons flame being extinguished

  • @madamozelx
    @madamozelx 7 лет назад +1798

    Greeks are naturally beautiful

  • @silveryote1
    @silveryote1 8 лет назад +521

    Holy cow, I remember watching the closing ceremony. I was 13, knowing that I was going to almost graduate high school when Beijing 2008 came around...and thinking it would be such a long wait...

    • @amandanies3174
      @amandanies3174 7 лет назад +3

      Silver Yote I was also 13 during that year, and going into 8th grade. I remember watching the closing ceremony for that, and I remember it being so silent after we watched it. It felt so surreal, and so beautiful. I can't believe it's been so long since.

    • @thereseclaire9806
      @thereseclaire9806 3 года назад +2

      Your 30 now?

    • @mandalamaker3876
      @mandalamaker3876 3 года назад

      Same here

  • @allergictohumansnotanimals5671
    @allergictohumansnotanimals5671 7 лет назад +1471

    Her last name is longer than my future

  • @acmcbride-olson9320
    @acmcbride-olson9320 3 года назад +15

    Her name truly fits her. May she get her wish and be that light to the world. ❤️

  • @kaylajones4356
    @kaylajones4356 7 лет назад +58

    Oh my gosh she's SO GORGEOUS

  • @missfirenice1421
    @missfirenice1421 7 лет назад +67

    I wanted to adopt her. This is so wonderful that they checked back on her. God bless!!

  • @barbiejones5848
    @barbiejones5848 7 лет назад +180

    A very classic Greek beauty!

  • @johnakos77
    @johnakos77 6 лет назад +26

    who can forget this moment...i was only 9 yo back then and i'm still proud of our olympic ceremony (opening and closing)

  • @sams8502
    @sams8502 3 года назад +47

    What a beautiful person, I’ve been to Greece and the people are so kind and friendly. Their Dionysian culture is truly fun and a dichotomy from the Capitalist nature of Metropolitan areas.

  • @mattrw2475
    @mattrw2475 8 лет назад +1615

    I wonder what she feels when she plays 2 truths and a lie

    • @daliaomar8160
      @daliaomar8160 7 лет назад +5

      Matt8734 what does that mean?

    • @mattrw2475
      @mattrw2475 7 лет назад +200

      2 truths and a lie is when someone says 2 things about themselves that's true and one thing that's not true and the other people have to guess which ones are true or not. When she plays she can say she blew out the Olympic candle and people will probably think that's false.

    • @aspenrobinson8797
      @aspenrobinson8797 7 лет назад +1

      kansas923 I don't understand what you guys mean..Lol..Can you explain please.

    • @sharonjones1824
      @sharonjones1824 7 лет назад +1

      Matt

  • @stellamakri6044
    @stellamakri6044 7 лет назад +74

    I'm from Greece! 🇬🇷
    My mum is from Russia so I'm half russian! 🇷🇺
    I love Olympic games!!

  • @danitsag4383
    @danitsag4383 7 лет назад +127

    im greek and she makes me proud

    • @gusper314
      @gusper314 5 лет назад

      @@olbiomoiros it's because she shortened it from Tsageresapoulous....(😂)

    • @olbiomoiros
      @olbiomoiros 5 лет назад

      gus per oh ok 😂

  • @thinkvibrant5721
    @thinkvibrant5721 7 лет назад +164

    I love the Greek accent oml

  • @HuxleyTheProf
    @HuxleyTheProf 7 лет назад +33

    She's so beautiful. Unbelievable.

  • @elisa680
    @elisa680 3 года назад +7

    I was 13 when this happened and I also remember the setting i was in when I watched the ceremony and was mesmerized by the whole thing

  • @sanaa1710
    @sanaa1710 7 лет назад +61

    She's so beautiful!

  • @missmaddiemakeup6577
    @missmaddiemakeup6577 7 лет назад +9

    she's very beautiful and seems very kind

  • @puranjaydutta6789
    @puranjaydutta6789 3 года назад +11

    External beauty when it gets added with the inner beauty, that where the true essence of beauty reflects out..

  • @ajc8815
    @ajc8815 7 лет назад +736

    She looks like the daughter of Aphrodite.

  • @elenipagkoulaki1283
    @elenipagkoulaki1283 7 лет назад +16

    I’m Greek and she makes me proud

  • @availabilityhehe
    @availabilityhehe 7 лет назад

    she is precious one, you can't hurt her

  • @99txgh
    @99txgh 7 лет назад +5

    She's such an inspiration

  • @aspen4066
    @aspen4066 7 лет назад +11

    She's stunning

  • @springbabyuwu3065
    @springbabyuwu3065 7 лет назад +334

    Greeks UNITE! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

  • @Ana-ux3yz
    @Ana-ux3yz 6 лет назад +22

    She's soo pretty 😍

  • @PROMAXOIMACEDONIA
    @PROMAXOIMACEDONIA 6 лет назад +5

    Beautiful I’m so proud and lucky I was part of that ceremony too

  • @X_scarlet_x1
    @X_scarlet_x1 7 лет назад +7

    I love her accent, it's so beautiful

  • @zabaleta66
    @zabaleta66 7 лет назад +11

    Beautiful young woman.

  • @Tyler380
    @Tyler380 8 лет назад +469

    Nice story..

  • @fluffynoses
    @fluffynoses 7 лет назад +5

    I can't believe the 2004 Athens Olympics were 12 years ago. Freaking nuts, it feels like it was yesterday

  • @elainakosmidis8657
    @elainakosmidis8657 4 года назад +11

    Continued success Fotini!!! 🙂 📚 🇬🇷

  • @michelle-dh5xj
    @michelle-dh5xj 7 лет назад +53

    Κανε λαικ αν εισαι απο ελλαδα🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

  • @raffaojeda
    @raffaojeda 7 лет назад +8

    Intelligent, beautiful and always be remembered!!

  • @mrsme1724
    @mrsme1724 7 лет назад +11

    She's so beautiful 😩😍

  • @isiomaisamah321
    @isiomaisamah321 7 лет назад +57

    I'm blinded by her beauty

  • @nathalieshaw8155
    @nathalieshaw8155 7 лет назад +95

    I have green eyes
    But hers are gorgeous!!!

    • @btsruleskpop6363
      @btsruleskpop6363 7 лет назад +4

      Nathalie Shaw your pis says otherwise they look like a drak brown

    • @MeowgicalWitch
      @MeowgicalWitch 7 лет назад

      Vixx Hongbin LMAO

    • @btsruleskpop6363
      @btsruleskpop6363 7 лет назад +1

      EMILY she soes not look like she has green eyes just saying

    • @verrered
      @verrered 7 лет назад +2

      Vixx Hongbin im just so glad that I see a fellow Starlight here 😂

  • @danideleon4466
    @danideleon4466 7 лет назад +3

    shes amazing

  • @rrocketman
    @rrocketman 3 года назад +2

    This was great, thank you

  • @albertomejias9077
    @albertomejias9077 4 года назад +6

    Emblematic greece wonderful olimpic games athens always in my heart

  • @elliefrangipanie
    @elliefrangipanie 7 лет назад +4

    She's so beautiful

  • @rajagurum8386
    @rajagurum8386 7 лет назад +1

    the last line...... to the whole world💐👍

  • @hisoka4595
    @hisoka4595 7 лет назад +2

    Proud to be Greek.

  • @Mbeepyd
    @Mbeepyd 7 лет назад +8

    Awesome that she is working towards a career in medicine.

  • @ΓιάννηςΣίνος-ν9β
    @ΓιάννηςΣίνος-ν9β 8 лет назад +30

    Hellas Hellas Hellas

  • @rosemimi973
    @rosemimi973 4 года назад +25

    Fotini means light or fire, if I am not mistaken. Such a well-fitting name.

    • @janeydoe901
      @janeydoe901 3 года назад +1

      Fotini means "bright", it's an adjective. :)

    • @rosemimi973
      @rosemimi973 3 года назад +1

      All meanings of the name work for me. 😃

    • @sylverdust
      @sylverdust 3 года назад

      Fotini means “a person that radiates light/shines bright”

  • @Michael5iLVEr
    @Michael5iLVEr 8 лет назад +176

    Δεν υπήρξαν ωραιότεροι αγώνες από αυτούς της Αθήνας

    • @sndiudisusqpqooqowis3888
      @sndiudisusqpqooqowis3888 7 лет назад +4

      mike520 χαίρετε

    • @AlishaNic
      @AlishaNic 7 лет назад +12

      "There were no better matches than those of Athens." For anybody else wondering what that meant.

    • @ermionistavrouli3940
      @ermionistavrouli3940 7 лет назад +3

      Khatz Mikhael έχεις απόλυτο δίκιο

    • @greecegreece2022
      @greecegreece2022 3 года назад

      @@AlishaNic Games, not matches.

  • @amazingasmr4156
    @amazingasmr4156 6 лет назад +2

    I love her last name very simple and easy to remember and pronounce! (Sarcasm)

  • @ada-c9h
    @ada-c9h 7 лет назад +2

    can't stop looking at her eyes 😍

  • @000Responses
    @000Responses 7 лет назад +1

    She actually looked pretty adorable as a child.

  • @okay.keanna3105
    @okay.keanna3105 7 лет назад +3

    She is beautiful

  • @md.moniruzzaman2459
    @md.moniruzzaman2459 7 лет назад

    i remember her n Gosh,,,she is very beautiful.

  • @talyayalcinkaya4426
    @talyayalcinkaya4426 6 лет назад +7

    She is REALLY pretty

  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 3 года назад +24

    She was an orphan? She looks like she's grown up well.

  • @refererererer
    @refererererer 3 года назад +22

    On the dark side: she became part of the historic event that would contribute significantly to Greece's economic downturn.
    I hope Greece would rise to greatness in the modern context.

    • @nautaki
      @nautaki Год назад

      Such a bullshit stereotypical thing to say in such a spirit lifting video. For the record, the cost of the Olympics was circa 10 billion USD, roughly equal to the immediate financial benefit to the country and a tiny fraction compared to the long term benefit. In contrast, Greece's debt is more like 400 billion USD. Greece spends the cost of multiple Olympics every year in dubious pensions and salaries. So please, shut the f** up.

  • @toprakdeniz111
    @toprakdeniz111 7 лет назад +1

    Thanks for sharing this video...

  • @tea4471
    @tea4471 3 года назад

    this is so cool, and she’s so pretty

  • @yoli-chatzi14
    @yoli-chatzi14 4 года назад

    Who alse ia from greece and love the olymbics 😊💙💙

  • @Evelyn95london
    @Evelyn95london 7 лет назад +14

    Πανεμορφη και πολυ καλο παιδι❤️

  • @madelinemagana1993
    @madelinemagana1993 7 лет назад +5

    is she a model cause she's beautiful!

  • @jasminecarroll6314
    @jasminecarroll6314 7 лет назад +25

    At first I thought the video meant that she accidentally blew out the fire

  • @siobhanfreeman780
    @siobhanfreeman780 7 лет назад

    She is so gorgeous its not even fair

  • @deppygolegou4638
    @deppygolegou4638 7 лет назад +8

    Ελλάδα forever✌

  • @papp113
    @papp113 7 лет назад +1

    im greek..she is beatifullllll😍

  • @ArtificialPerson
    @ArtificialPerson 7 лет назад +1

    She's beautiful!!!

  • @totsugakusanagi1685
    @totsugakusanagi1685 8 лет назад +5

    Great !!! Bravo à elle !!!!

  • @pankajkantinath1904
    @pankajkantinath1904 7 лет назад

    The most luckyest persons in the world...

  • @chrisamon80
    @chrisamon80 8 лет назад +281

    Does she speak Greek, French, Italian and English?

    • @blossombuddies2875
      @blossombuddies2875 7 лет назад +12

      Chris Amon my dad speaks all those except Greek, he also speaks Swedish and German

    • @leaandcookie
      @leaandcookie 7 лет назад +9

      Chris Amon Greek talent...

    • @AliGamingTubeHD
      @AliGamingTubeHD 7 лет назад +6

      Chris Amon easy I'm 15 I speak 4 languages and going to learn english

    • @vayermenoviko0linixD
      @vayermenoviko0linixD 7 лет назад +54

      In Greece we all learn english and german or french (typically, it depends on how interested you are to learn these two) and we had the oprion to choose to learn italian at school as well. So it's not really that much of a surprise, there's quite a few people who know 2, 3, 4 or even more foreign languages while they are still very young.

    • @irenepst
      @irenepst 7 лет назад +19

      Chris Amon yeah people in Greece tend to learn a lot of languages like myself. I can speak English fluently and I am learning 3 other languages ^^

  • @gamingwithnicko1942
    @gamingwithnicko1942 7 лет назад

    I’m Greek for life 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

  • @bouncer2074
    @bouncer2074 7 лет назад +3

    The Olympics started in Greece, therefore this makes sense

  • @realbunk22
    @realbunk22 7 лет назад +1

    shes beautiful as a child man i wish i had green eyes

  • @rachaelsmith8764
    @rachaelsmith8764 5 лет назад +1

    The Athens flame my favourite

  • @NathalieHoran
    @NathalieHoran 7 лет назад +1

    What a beautiful name

  • @Jesssend
    @Jesssend 7 лет назад

    She actually did it

  • @Loumyrl
    @Loumyrl 6 месяцев назад

    Genial genial genial bendiciones

  • @damonlee4779
    @damonlee4779 7 лет назад +1

    she so pretty

  • @anagalbana
    @anagalbana 7 лет назад +13

    she is so pretty, but that last name though

    • @karolinalove08
      @karolinalove08 7 лет назад +12

      What is wrong with the last name?

    • @baekayeonbittersweet9716
      @baekayeonbittersweet9716 7 лет назад +3

      It's not as weird as you think for greek people

    • @karolinalove08
      @karolinalove08 7 лет назад +1

      ;_; hello ;_; I am Greek ... I don't think It is weird ...

    • @baekayeonbittersweet9716
      @baekayeonbittersweet9716 7 лет назад +1

      I'm Greek too and that's what I meant.

    • @karolinalove08
      @karolinalove08 7 лет назад

      ;_; hello ;_; αααα εντάξει τότε. νόμιζα ότι ησουν Ξένος και έλεγες ότι είναι περίεργο

  • @prismaticmarcus
    @prismaticmarcus 3 года назад

    great idea for an ongoing series i.e. people from prominent moments

  • @fluffyhammy5000
    @fluffyhammy5000 7 лет назад +68

    Is no one gunna talk about her last name

  • @alejandroadrian2003
    @alejandroadrian2003 7 лет назад +1

    interesante pero tambien me gustaria saber como esta ahora el niño que flameo la bandera de Grecia en el barco de papel en la ceremoniade apertura

  • @angelinasophiakamaratou1205
    @angelinasophiakamaratou1205 3 года назад

    *says her own name multiple times in the video *
    English guy: Fo*TI*ni

  • @acishetwhiteman9117
    @acishetwhiteman9117 7 лет назад

    she’s so pretty

  • @angelynpham
    @angelynpham 7 лет назад

    I thought at first the title meant that it took her 12 years to blow out the flame.... Ohhhhhhhh

  • @duonghoangminh7634
    @duonghoangminh7634 3 года назад

    She's now a medicine and after medicine, she will be a doctor for the Olympics athletes.

  • @amalfigrimace
    @amalfigrimace 7 лет назад +3

    beauty with brain

  • @विनीतगुप्ता45
    @विनीतगुप्ता45 3 года назад

    FOTINI PAPALEONIDOPOULOU !

  • @sylvesteruchia5263
    @sylvesteruchia5263 3 года назад

    True that the olympics is some inspirational shii.

  • @L_Martin
    @L_Martin 3 года назад

    Beautiful people really do live charmed lives.

  • @cupofhannah9335
    @cupofhannah9335 7 лет назад +6

    I only clicked on this because I thought the flame wasn't supposed to be blown out😂

  • @brekdakbanchamek6454
    @brekdakbanchamek6454 3 года назад

    Gooduck For her Future, 😇🌄🤠💖

  • @crystaleunoia3974
    @crystaleunoia3974 7 лет назад +2

    Wait I just thought what if she tripped and tumbled down all those stairs

  • @nataliafigueroa991
    @nataliafigueroa991 7 лет назад

    I saw her last name and almost chocked on my tongue

  • @isabellawhittemore4808
    @isabellawhittemore4808 7 лет назад +17

    Meet the Greek girl who blew out the Olympic Flame 12 years after WHAT?

    • @johannak1983
      @johannak1983 7 лет назад +11

      ...after SHE BLEW OUT THE OLYMPIC FLAME! 😂

    • @chaoflaka8132
      @chaoflaka8132 7 лет назад +1

      "See how the girl who blew out the olympic flames looks 12 years later" basically

  • @guestplayzrobloxxd1783
    @guestplayzrobloxxd1783 7 лет назад

    KING OOF HAS ARRIVED

  • @nelsonferrer8994
    @nelsonferrer8994 3 года назад

    Fotini Papaleonidopoulou... Oh name so long

  • @skyierae
    @skyierae 7 лет назад +3

    Click it cause she’s Greek I’m Greek

  • @cc6546
    @cc6546 5 лет назад +2

    lovely accent

  • @john.do9231
    @john.do9231 7 лет назад

    Good of her