Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
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Ano Liossia Olympic Hall was the host to judo
Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and featured 368 judoka competing for 14 gold medals with seven different weight categories in both the men's and women's competitions. Japan dominated the event by taking 8 gold and 2 silver medals.Gold and silver medals...

 and wrestling
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

 at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 in Athens, Greece. The arena seats up to 9,300, but only 6,000 seats were made available for the Olympics. The hall is situated in Ano Liosia
Ano Liosia
Ano Liosia is a suburb and a former municipality in the northern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Fyli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit....

, a suburb northwest of central Athens. It can be used as a multi-sport and multi-purpose arena.

After the Olympics, the venue became the site of various television productions, including the Greek version of the reality show So You Think You Can Dance. It is the future home of the Hellenic Academy of Culture and Hellenic Digital Archive.

From May 19 to June 6, 2010, the arena hosted the Greek National Ice Hockey Championships for the men and the women.
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