Without the volunteers, it would not be possible to stage the Games in their current form.
Volunteers are everywhere at the Games, alongside athletes and visitors alike. They help with security, logistics, transport, etc.
In Athens, there will be more than 45,000 of them. A large part of the success of the Games is due to them. Discover them in a series of portraits.

21 August 2004
Aberra AGUEGNEHU (Jerusalem - Jerusalem)
Village Resident Services Assistant - Aberra Aguegnehu is an eight-time volunteer at the Olympic Games. He first volunteered for the 1984 Los Angeles Games and since then he keeps on volunteering with every opportunity.
Aberra is an American citizen who was born in ...

20 August 2004
Emmie ROSS (Anderson (S. Carolina) - USA)
NOC Assistant - Emmie Ross is an American national who lives in Greece and is one of the Athens 2004 Olympic volunteers who has been posted to assist a National Olympic Committee (NOC). An English teacher by profession, Ross is thrilled to assist the "chef ...

18 August 2004
Elena CROCIANI (Cesena - Italy)
NOC Assistant - Elena Crociani is a Greek Italian who lives in the United Kingdom, and studies European Studies and German. She's a volunteer at the Olympic Village for the International Olympic Committee assisting the elections of the Athletes' Commission ...

16 August 2004
Georgia DEMAKOPOULOS (Toronto - Canada)
Help Desk - Georgia Demakopoulos is a Canadian and Greek national who lives in Toronto, and is one of the Athens 2004 Olympic volunteers who assists at the Technology Help Desk as an associate. Her role in Athens is to document technological problems a ...

14 August 2004
Aigli KAMMITSI (Nicosia - Cyprus)
Protocol Venue Attendant - Aigli Kammitsi is possibly one of the first Cypriots to apply as a volunteer for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. A teacher of French literature and a member of the committee for cultural production for the Municipality of Nicosia, Ms Kammits ...

11 August 2004
Elsie MAROULIS (Port Said - Egypt)
Assistant Transportation, Hilton Hotel - Elsie Maroulis is one of many volunteers working in the transportation department of the Athens 2004 Olympics. A trilingual Greek born in Egypt, Maroulis is assisting IOC members with their transportation needs to and from Olympic venues in ...