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"Deep Dive" in Tourism: Stavros Kastrinakis at TEDxKalamata

2,394 views · Published 8 February 2013 · 12:19 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Education

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About the speaker:

My name is Stavros Kastrinakis and I was born in Athens in 1976. I studied Physics and Astronomy, which has been one of my passions, and then I did my Master's on Research and Exploitation of Oil Fields to improve my career prospects. In 2000, after having worked for a period of time at Harriot-Watt University of Edinburgh. I returned to Greece where I got involved in various jobs, the most important of which was the organization and management of the sales and marketing department in Dr C.J. Vamvakas' Company, Analytical Instruments S.A. (Medical and Scientific Equipment). At the same time, I became an active free-diving athlete and started spending more time on it than my work. In the end, my love for sport prevailed and started organizing international free-diving competitions in Greece, the highlight of which was the organization of the World Championship in Kalamata in 2011 and the fact that I became a board member of the Worldwide Federation for breath-hold diving, AIDA International. I have also been asked to host and organize the 2013 Free-diving World Championship in Kalamata...and this is only the beginning.

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