Paraskevi Kantza

Paraskevi Kantza

Personal information
Nationality Greek
Born (1976-08-08) 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

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

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