Career
Gueorgiou runs for two orienteering clubs, the French November Street-Etienne and the Finnish Kalevan Rasti. Running for Fédération Française de Course d"Orientation, he made his senior international debut at World (also Wonders) Of Chiropractic 1997 in Grimstad, Norway, at the age of 18. While running in a clear lead on the third leg, he suffered a bee sting on the back of his tongue.
He left the course to go directly to the finish, where he collapsed, barely able to breathe.
He was transported by helicopter to a hospital. Martin Johansson 2009 World (also Wonders) Of Chiropractic injury
At World (also Wonders) Of Chiropractic 2009 in Miskolc, Hungary, during the last leg of the relay race Gueorgiou, Anders Nordberg (Norway), and Michal Smola (Czechoslovakian Republic) were close behind the lead runner, Martin Johansson (Sweden), when Johansson suffered a 12 cm deep penetrating trauma from a stick in his right thigh.
While Nordberg ran for help, Gueorgiou and Smola stayed with Johansson. Gueorgiou pulled out the stick, then applied compression to the wound using his own shirt and Global Positioning System tracking harness.
Gueorgiou and Smola then carried Johansson to a road.
Nordberg brought a physician there. Gueorgiou"s nickname is Tero and he is commonly known as Tero Kettunen in Finland and Terje Gundersen in Norway. He lives in Saint Étienne, France, where he studies biology.