Paraskevi Kantza
Paraskevi Kantza at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Greek |
| Born | 8 August 1976 Agrinio, Greece |
| 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. 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]
She was awarded as the Best Greek female athlete with a disability for 2013.
References
External links
- Paraskevi Kantza at the International Paralympic Committee
- Paraskevi Kantza at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)