Miltos Tentoglou: The bills when he was 9 years old, the 200-euro steak and his father’s restaurant in Germany

George Tentoglou, father of the golden Olympic champion of long jump, interviewed his son and remembered stories from the past. Miltos Tentoglou’s father spoke to the newspaper FOS about the childhood of the Greek track superstar, but also about his own life in Germany, where he has a restaurant. Excerpt of Tedoglou’s father’s interview I want you to tell me special incidents from Milto’s childhood. Was he a naughty boy? Unruly no. He was self-involved. He always had his own way of doing what he wanted. Let me give you an example. When he was nine years old, he came and asked me to buy him a bike. One of those little bikes for kids. I’ve always been crazy about motor sports, watching games together. To prevent him, I told him it was too expensive, he made 1,500 euros and I couldn’t. You know what he did? He was secretly raising money and in two months he brought me 500 euros! How did he pick it up? He went to his grandfather every day and carried him shopping! He was shopping for others, running errands. Go for a carol. So he came and gave me 500 euros and signed me notes for the other 1,000! Did he pay it back? After I took his bike, he didn’t forget, he would come every now and give me five euros, 10 euros to pay off the bills! Why were you taking them? Because he promised. Miltos was a very consistent child in what he agreed to. I had given another 1,500 euros for the equipment, but it wasn’t about money, the point was that the deal is a deal. How are your relationships now? Very good. What does he like to cook? A special steak that comes every time I see to it that I’m supplying. What steak? The best, but not for our financial size… Meaning? It has 200 euros a kilo, it is Japanese beef with very good gramming and special fat. Does your restaurant there have Greek cuisine? And Greek and German. Our clients are at 99% Germans. What do Greek food want most? Burger and skewer. But I’ll tell you what about the moussaka. Because at the store I cook myself, I can’t make all the food every day. So I have a list of 60-70 names that I’ve been told every time I make a moussaka to call them. When I make a tarp, I give about 150 rations! The Germans have that, they like programming. Do you remember a sports incident when Miltos was a kid? We had taken a trip to Germany, a city famous for its rocks. After seeing the museum there, we decided to go to a castle that was on a mountain and there was a path. Miltos climbed to the top of the mountain without stepping on the trail. He was pressing from rock to rock! How old was he? Six to seven. I was afraid he’d get hurt, I was trying to talk him out of it, but he kept on doing his job. What kind of sport did he like? He had a lot of love on the bike. In addition to the bike I told you about, he had saved up money and bought a bike very expensive with which he made souses, figures, he liked to do shows, he went up slopes. Once he had been eaten riding a bike, fell, was damaged, the handle was damaged, hit the jaw, told him to leave, and that I would fix his tie, but his distress was that he had not been able to climb the slope, not that he struck. What’s your dream about your son? The world record? Sure. Actually, I want to see him have a fight that pleases him with his soul. Did you see what he said the other day? That he sucked and didn’t enjoy it. I saw it on his face. He got gold back in World and wasn’t happy. I want to see him make a fight that fills him up. Dream is and get the second streak gold at the Olympics in the summer.