Christina Giazitzidou
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Native name | Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 12 October 1989 (1989-10-12) (age 34) 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]
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][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]
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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- ^ "2007 WORLD ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Beijing, CHN - (JW4x) Junior Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "2009 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Brest, BLR -(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 20 September 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "2010 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Montemor-o-Velho, POR - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Plovdiv, BUL - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2008 WORLD ROWING U - Brandenburg, GER -(BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2012 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Varese, ITA -(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Καστοριά: Ο Δήμος Νεστορίου τίμησε την Ολυμπιονίκη Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου". STAR FM 933 (in Greek). Retrieved 6 January 2022.
External links
- Christina Giazitzidou at World Rowing
- Christina Giazitzidou at ITRA
- Christina Giazitzidou at Olympedia
- Christina Giazitzidou at Olympics.com
- Christina Giazitzidou at the Hellenic Olympic Committee
- Κωπηλασία: Χάλκινο μετάλλιο για τις Τσιάβου – Γιαζιτζίδου. (in Greek)
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