Paraskevi Kantza

Paraskevi Kantza

Paraskevi Kantza at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Greek
Born	8 August 1976
Residence	N. Smyrna, Athens (GRE)
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Event(s)	sprint, long jump
Club	S.C.B. Ifaistos Thessaloniki
Coached by	Theodoros Katsonopoulos
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing  Greece Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 100 metres - T11 IPC World Championships 2011 Christchurch Long jump - T11 2013 Lyon Long jump - T11 IPC Athletics European Championships 2012 Stadskanaal 100m - T11

Paraskevi Kantza (born 8 August 1976) is a paralympic athlete from Greece competing mainly in category T11 sprint events and the long jump.

Paraskevi has competed in three Paralympics competing in the T11 100m, 200m and long jump. Her first games were the 2004 Summer Paralympics in her home country where she won a bronze in the 100m. Unfortunately she was unable to match this in Beijing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics and in London in 2012 Summer Paralympics where she failed to win any medals.^[1]

Paraskevi Kantza and Theodoros Katsonopoulos at the 2013 World Championships

References

1. profile on paralympic.org