“The artifact of the month” XIX – The „ATHENS MARATHON. THE AUTHENTIC” and the DONATIONS TO THE AIMS MARATHON MUSEUM „MARATHONEUM“ – By Horst Milde

The Athens Marathon – "ATHENS MARATHON. THE AUTHENTIC” – as it is now officially called, has often been my destination over the past few years…in conjunction with the AIMS Symposium, which used to be held in Marathon but now always takes place in Athens.

On the return flight to Berlin with “easyjet” with a suitcase has always been (almost too) full with artifacts from the event, there has always been the threat of having to pay an extra baggage fee. These artifacts have quickly found their way into the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathoneum – and have already been presented on this site.

A helpful hand was often provided Theodosis Livitsanos, the branch manager of AIMS in Athens. After the race he always put together a large package with collected and desired items (that didn’t fit into the suitcase) and sent it all to the AIMS Marathoneum.

Occasionally I also gave him pictures of the items that still hung as banners in the streets, because they had not been taken down yet before I left.

That is how an AIMS package with the requested items, including a sweatshirt, medals, ballpoint pens, accreditations, a scarf, brochures, posters, and street banners, arrived at the AIMS Marathoneum a few weeks later.

Gradually the participation of the Athens Marathon is increasing, which also reflects the importance of the event. The event is growing yearly, especially with foreign participants, who all want the opportunity to run the “mother of all races”.

Horst Milde

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More information about "The Artifact of the Month":

“The Artefact of the Month” No I. – Rare museum artefacts from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – The Starting Pistol – Horst Milde reports

Artefact of the Month” No. II. – Museum Rarities from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Museum of Running – The New York City Marathon – Current Gifts – Horst Milde Reports

“The Artefact of the Month” III. – Rare museum artefacts from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Dr. David Martin (Atlanta, GA) and his donations to the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Current Donations – Horst Milde reports

"The Artefact of the Month" IV. – Museum Rarities from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Museum of Running – Wim Verhoorn / NED and his Gifts to the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Current Gifts – Horst Milde Reports

"The Artefact of the Month" V. – Museum Rarities from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Museum of Running – Bernd Hübner / Berlin and his Gifts to the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Current Gifts – Horst Milde Reports

"The Artefact of the Month" VI. – Museum Rarities from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – The “Golden Shoe” from the AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Award. Horst Milde Reports

Berlin Sports Museum – "AIMS Marathon Museum of Running" receives the "David E. Martin Collection" – The "Artefact of the Decade"!

"The Artifact of the Month" VII. – Museum Rarities from the Berlin Sports Museum – AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Victah Sailer and his donation. Horst Milde Reports

"The Artifact of the Month" VIII. – Museum Rarities from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Berlin Sports Museum – Tokyo Marathon and Athens Classic Marathon – Horst Milde Reports

"The Artifact of the Month" IX. – Museum Rarities from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Berlin Sports Museum – The PUMA Sprint Spike from Usain Bolt – Horst Milde Reports

"The Artifact of the Month" X. – Museum Rarities from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – "Big guys of running", the World Marathon Majors – Horst Milde Reports

"The Artifact of the Month" XI. – Museum Rarities from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – The addition for the "David E. Martin Collection" – The "Artefact of the Decade"! – Horst Milde reports

"The Artifact of the Month" XII. – Museum Rarities from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Henryk Paskal donates his valuable collection to the Berlin Sports Museum – Horst Milde reports

The “Artifact of the Month” XIII. – Rare museum artifacts from the Berlin Sports Museum/AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Documents from a race that didn’t happen – Sandy Sislowitz and the New York City Marathon 2012 – Horst Milde reports

"The artefact of the month" XIV. – Rare pieces from the Berlin Sports Museum/AIMS Marathon Museum of Running – Gothenburg visits the Museum – Report by Horst Milde

“The artifact of the month” XV. – Rare artefacts from the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running/Berlin Sports Museum – The “Breathtaking Jerusalem Marathon” and Miri Fiengold – Report by Horst Milde

“The artifact of the month” XVI. – Henk Vos – a man of passion – and his painting from the COMRADES Marathon for the AIMS Marathon Museum of Running in Berlin

“The artifact of the month” XVII – MEXICAN MARATHONS AND HALF MARATHON DONATE ITEMS TO THE AIMS MARATHON MUSEUM OF RUNNING – By Horst Milde

“The artifact of the month” XVIII – The AIMS MARATHON SYMPOSIUM and the DONATIONS TO THE AIMS MARATHON MUSEUM OF RUNNING – By Horst Milde