President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras sent congratulatory telegrams on Monday to Athina-Maria Aggelopoulou and Katerina Zerva, Bronze medal winners in the 2014 World Rowing Junior Championships, held in Hamburg, Germany.

President Papoulias noted in his telegram that this important accolade is the result of systematic work and effort and wished the girls more successes.

Prime Minister Samaras told the girls that they have made the whole country proud and wished them even greater distinctions.