Christina Giazitzidou
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| Native name | Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1989 (age 35) Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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][10][11][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]
