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Greek rower (born 1989)
Christina Giazitzidou
Native name Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου Born 12 October 1989 (1989-10-12 ) (age 34)
Kastoria ,
Macedonia , Greece
Christina Giazitzidou (
Greek : Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου ; born 12 October 1989) is a
Greek
rower . She won the bronze medal (along with
Alexandra Tsiavou ) at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London , in the
Women's lightweight double sculls .
[1]
Personal life and early career
Giazitzidou was born in
Kastoria ,
Macedonia ,
Greece , where she lives till today.
[2] She turned to
rowing when she was about ten years old as a member of the Nautical Club of Kastoria (which is also her current club).
[3] Her first major international competition was during the 2006
World Rowing U23 Championships which was held in
Hazewinkel ,
Belgium .
[4] She won bronze at the 2007 World Rowing Junior Championships in the women's quad sculls.
[5]
Later achievements
In 2009, she first competed along with
Alexandra Tsiavou in Women's lightweight double sculls during
2009 World Rowing Championships in
Poznań . Giazitzidou and Tsiavou won the gold medal.
[4] The following year, the
Greek duo won the bronze medal in
Karapiro , and in
2011 Giazitzidou and her teammate won the gold again.
[4] They also won gold in the event in the
2009 ,
2010 and
2011 European Championships .
[6]
[7]
[8] Giazitzidou also won the 2009,
2010 and
2011 Under-23 World Championships with Triantafyllia Kalampoka, following the pair winning the silver in 2008.
[9]
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[12] Giazitzidou won the bronze medal (along with
Alexandra Tsiavou ) at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London , in
Women's lightweight double sculls .
[13] They won the silver medal in the same event at the 2012 European Championships.
[14]
Comeback in Greece
Christina Giazitzidou is originally from
Chionato of
Akrites Municipal Unit , in her honor an event was held in the settlement
[15] and in the area a
Municipal Football Field was built in her name.
[16]
References
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Christina Giazitzidou" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on 18 April 2020.
^
Worldrowing.com:Christina Giazitzidou.
^ Newsroom (20 July 2014).
"Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου: "Μην αφήσετε την κωπηλασία της Καστοριάς να πεθάνει" " . Newsbomb (in Greek). Retrieved 6 January 2022 .
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Worldrowing.com:Christina Giazitzidou – Results.
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"2007 WORLD ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Beijing, CHN - (JW4x) Junior Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final" . www.worldrowing.com . 11 August 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2018 .
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"2009 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Brest, BLR -(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final" . www.worldrowing.com . 20 September 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2018 .
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"2010 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Montemor-o-Velho, POR - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final" . www.worldrowing.com . 12 September 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2018 .
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"2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Plovdiv, BUL - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final" . www.worldrowing.com . 18 September 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2018 .
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"2009 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Racice, CZE - (BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final" . www.worldrowing.com . 26 July 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2018 .
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"2010 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Brest, BLR - (BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final" . www.worldrowing.com . 25 July 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2018 .
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"2011 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Amsterdam, NED - (BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final" . www.worldrowing.com . 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2018 .
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"2008 WORLD ROWING U - Brandenburg, GER -(BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final" . www.worldrowing.com . 20 July 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2018 .
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"Κωπηλασία: Χάλκινο μετάλλιο για τις Τσιάβου - Γιαζιτζίδου" . Το Βήμα Online (in Greek). 4 August 2012.
Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022 .
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"2012 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Varese, ITA -(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final" . www.worldrowing.com . 16 September 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018 .
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"Εκδήλωση στο Χιονάτο για να τιμηθεί η Ολυμπιονίκης Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου" . NewsNowgr.com (in Greek).
Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022 .
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"Καστοριά: Ο Δήμος Νεστορίου τίμησε την Ολυμπιονίκη Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου" . STAR FM 933 (in Greek). Retrieved 6 January 2022 .
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