Supporting excellence in sports over two decades

 The A. G. Leventis Foundation’s Olympic Preparation Scholarship Programme was set up in 1999 to support talented young athletes from Greece and Cyprus training to compete in summer Olympic individual sports at the forthcoming Olympic Games. In 27 years, over 700 awards have supported athletes in a wide range of sports, such as track and field, rowing, sailing, swimming, diving, fencing, gymnastics, tae kwon do, archery, shooting, and synchronized swimming, playing an important role in helping gifted, determined young athletes rank among the best of the world. Many former scholars stand today among the countries’ leading Olympians, highlighting the programme’s support of excellence in sports, over two decades.  

 Since 2020/21, the Programme has been co-funded by the Hellenic Olympic Committee – with the aim of supporting athletes representing all 28 Federations of Olympic Individual Sports – with the continued support of The John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation (since 2017) και The Cypriot Olympic Committee (since 2022).

 Aiming collectively to foster Olympic values, the love of sports, and the pursuit of excellence, the four Organizations will award 60 scholarships in this new funding cycle, for sporting achievements in individual Olympic sports in 2025/26, to young men and women representing both Greece and Cyprus.