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Physical 100 : Sweden @netflixnordic
7 x Swedish Champion 🇾đŸ‡Ș @aikbrottning
8 x Greek Champion đŸ‡ŹđŸ‡· @paok_wrestling
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Nu kan jag Ă€ntligen berĂ€tta att jag Ă€r en av de 100 utvalda att tĂ€vla i Physical 100: Sverige Det finns ett gĂ€ng starka mĂ€nniskor. Sen sĂ„ finns det vi brottare
 Snart fattar ni varför. Ni kommer inte att missa mig och brorsan @alexkessidis pĂ„ @netflixnordic đŸ’Ș by @leonkessidis
TvĂ„ medaljer pĂ„ tvĂ„ veckor! Senaste tvĂ„ veckorna har jag varit pĂ„ internationell medaljturnĂ©. Först en tur till Tysklands Grand Prix i Dortmund dĂ€r jag efter fyra matcher kammade hem ett silver pĂ„ en av vĂ€rldens tuffaste tĂ€vlingar. DĂ€refter sĂ„ var jag i Litauen i helgen och blev efter tre matcher guldmedaljör i viktklassen pĂ„ UWW tĂ€vlingen Druskininkai Cup. Dessa tvĂ„ tĂ€vlingar var de tvĂ„ sista innan VM i Belgrad 10-12 september och min form har visat sig Ă€n en gĂ„ng vara pĂ„ topp. De flesta landslag har anvĂ€nt dessa tĂ€vlingars resultat som kriterier för vem som blir uttagen till VM. Även fast jag slagit mĂ„nga i vĂ€rldseliten Ă€n i Ă„r sĂ„ Ă€r jag Ă€n en gĂ„ng inte uttagen till VM Ă€ven trots dessa fina resultat och en sjunde plats pĂ„ Europeiska mĂ€sterskapen i Ă„r. Underligt man kan tycka
 Jag vill rikta ett stort tack till Svenska Brottningsförbundet i form av landslagstrĂ€nare Zigmunds Jansons och Sportchef Zakarias Tallroth som suttit pĂ„ min stol och coachat fram mig i dessa segrar Ă€ven fast det inte varit en del av deras jobb. Jag vill ocksĂ„ tacka AIK Brottning och PAOK Wrestling som alltid finns dĂ€r och hjĂ€lper mig i vĂ„tt och torrt. @swedewrestling @zigmundsjansons @zakariastallroth @aikbrottning @paokwrestling by @leonkessidis
FEM ÅR! đŸ’›đŸ–€ Idag var det fem Ă„r sen som vi startade AIK Brottning. Att frĂ„n ingenting förutom en handfull motiverade brottare med en dröm skapa det vi gjort pĂ„ sĂ„ kort tid Ă€r otroligt och vi Ă€r lĂ„ngt ifrĂ„n klara. En tuff start utan nĂ„gon egen plats att utöva vĂ„r sport prĂ€glade sammanhĂ„llningen i klubben, vi vĂ€xte oss starkare Ă€n vi kunnat trott och efter nĂ€stan tre Ă„r med studsande mellan olika klubbar och utan en egen borg sĂ„ fann vi den. En gammal kontorslokal i Solna som vi pĂ„ egen hand renoverade och gjorde till vĂ„rt hem. Utan denna sammanhĂ„llning och alla ideella krafter bakom sĂ„ hade vi aldrig varit hĂ€r dĂ€r vi Ă€r idag. Idag har vi sex olika grupper uppdelat pĂ„ ca 150 medlemmar blandat pojkar och flickor som delar pĂ„ mattan dĂ€r de allra minsta Ă€r sĂ„ smĂ„ som 3 Ă„r och de Ă€ldsta veteranerna upp emot 50 Ă„r. Det Ă€r en fröjd att gĂ„ genom lokalen och se alla dessa konstellationer arbeta ihop. För att inte tala om alla fantastiska resultat vi gjort under dessa Ă„r: 21 SM Guld 3 Lag SM Guld 5 gĂ„nger bĂ€sta klubb pĂ„ svenska mĂ€sterskapen Flertalet internationella medaljer pĂ„ VM, EM, Veteran-VM och nordiska mĂ€sterskapen. Det har varit en Ă€ra att under dessa fem Ă„r fĂ„tt vara ordförande för Sveriges bĂ€sta brottningsklubb. /President by @leonkessidis
First year and first World Championships as a Greco-Roman broadcast analyst for UWW in the books. đŸŽ™ïž Had a great time in Astana, Kazakhstan. Really enjoyed the experience and learned a lot along the way. Hope everyone who tuned in enjoyed the commentary! Proud of my brother who finished 5th after a tough bronze medal match against Olympic champion Saravi from Iran. Not quite the result we hoped for of course but I am still very proud of him securing a top five spot at his fourth weightclass at world championship. A big thanks to everyone at UWW for the trust and the opportunity. đŸ«Ą @ericolanowski @unitedworldwrestling by @leonkessidis
Team inte helt 100 visade sig vara helt 100, UNX Games 2026 Champions 🏆 @unxgym Video: @andreasstyff by @leonkessidis
Chapter 5 – Wearing the Greek flag on my chest đŸ‡ŹđŸ‡· In 2008 I was 18 years old. After winning my first championship medal the year before, I had set myself a new goal. Make the Greek national team. That year, I competed at the Greek Junior Championships again. And once again I finished third. đŸ„‰ I was disappointed in myself. I wanted to become Greek champion, but I still wasn’t there yet. Later that year I got an opportunity I had dreamed about for years. The number-one wrestler in my weight class couldn’t represent Greece internationally that year. So I got the opportunity instead. I was the second choice. And of course, that bothered me. I was incredibly happy to be selected but I wanted to be there because I was the best wrestler in my weight class. Not because someone else couldn’t go. I still remember getting my first national-team tracksuit. It was a dream come true. My first national-team training camp was together with both junior and senior wrestlers, near the village where my grandparents came from. I was proud to finally be part of the team. That year I represented Greece at both the Junior European and World Championships. I lost my opening match at both competitions. No wins. No big results. But I was wrestling better and more maturely than ever before. I wasn’t winning yet but I finally felt that I belonged at that level. Those experiences gave me confidence and being the second choice gave me even more motivation. I wanted to prove everyone who had doubted me wrong. I didn’t want to be someone’s replacement. I wanted to become Greek champion and I wanted to earn that spot myself. Timeline: Year: 2008 Age: 18 Greek Junior Championships: 2 x Bronze đŸ„‰ Biggest milestone: First selection for the Greek national team đŸ‡ŹđŸ‡· International debut: Junior European and World Championships Next goal: Become Greek junior champion. Next chapter: A victory my grandfather got to see. by @leonkessidis
Mitt lag. Mina krigare. đŸ”„âš”ïž Jag har plockat ihop ett stenhĂ„rt team som Ă€r redo att ge allt för att ta hem segern i UNX GAMES. @mathiasguss @danijelarundqvist @leonkessidis @antoniakottulinsky Nu behöver vi er pĂ„ lĂ€ktaren. 📣 18 oktober Ă€r det som gĂ€ller! Kom och heja fram oss hela vĂ€gen till vinst! Vi Ă€r redo. FrĂ„gan Ă€r bara – Ă€r ni med oss? @unxgym @nike by @leonkessidis
How do you wrestle the closest thing to your own mirror image? Trying out our new NIKE FOOTSWEEP 2’s. First in Sweden at everything not just shoes
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“I’m 100% confident that the pound-for-pound GR wrestler in the world right now is Saeid Esmaeili.” UWW broadcast analyst @leonkessidis gave his thoughts on Episode 2 of the UWW PODCAST for who he thinks is the top pound-for-pound Greco-Roman wrestler in the world. Do you agree? Drop your thoughts in the comments below and don’t forget to check out the full episode on UWW+. by @leonkessidis
What’s it like when you grab @arturaleksanyan_ 🇩đŸ‡Č? On Episode 2 of the UWW PODCAST, UWW Greco-Roman broadcast analyst @leonkessidis compared Aleksanyan to wrestling The Thing. đŸȘš đŸ’Ș Click the link in our stories to watch the latest episode of the pod with @amitelor1 and Kessidis. by @leonkessidis
IgĂ„r sĂ„ testade jag och @90sekunder nĂ„got helt nytt. Med noll förberedelse sĂ„ stĂ€llde vi upp pĂ„ första upplagan av @hybridx.fit Det var ovant minst sagt. Simon hade aldrig tĂ€vlat i nĂ„got förutom brĂ€dspel, han var pĂ„ krĂ€ftskiva dagen innan och laddade med kolhydrater i form av öl. Jag hade aldrig kört varken Skierg, cykeln eller just den dĂ€r typen av löpband nĂ„gonsin. Idag har jag trĂ€ningsvĂ€rk i baken. Men kul hade vi och det gick ganska bra med tanke pĂ„ förberedelserna. đŸ‘šâ€đŸš’đŸ€Œâ€â™‚ïž by @leonkessidis
Chapter 4 - The First Medal Going into 2007 I was 17 years old and a first-year junior. After the way 2006 had ended I finally knew I could compete with the best wrestlers around my age. At the Swedish Championships, I beat the number-one wrestler in my weight class in the first match. It was a huge upset, he was second in Europe the year before. Then I lost my next two matches. I was out. Once again, I went home without a championship medal. Because of my Greek heritage, representing Greece had always been a possibility. I also had a role model at SpĂ„rvĂ€gen who just like me, had grown up in Sweden with Greek roots and he had chosen to wrestle for Greece. Seeing him do it successfully made me realize that maybe I could follow the same path. So I went to Greece to compete at the Greek Junior Championships at 84 kg. I went there and lost in the semifinals. Later on I found myself wrestling for bronze. Standing across from me on the mat was someone I knew very well. One of my teammates from Sweden. About a year earlier he had told me: The day I lose to you is the day I stop wrestling. That probably tells you something about how good people thought I was back then. 😅 Now we were wrestling each other with a Greek Championship medal on the line. I beat him. After almost ten years of wrestling, I finally had it. My first championship medal. It was bronze. đŸ„‰ But I didn’t care about the color. I was just happy. For so many years my goal had simply been to win a medal at a national championship. Now I had done it. And almost immediately something happened that would repeat itself throughout my whole career. I wanted more. The next goal became clear: Earn myself a place on the Greek national team. Timeline: Year: 2007 Age: 17 Category: First-year junior Weight: 84 kg Accomplishments: Bronze at the Greek junior championships đŸ„‰ Next goal: Becoming Greek champion. Next chapter: Wearing Greece on my chest. by @leonkessidis

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