Christina Giazitzidou

Christina Giazitzidou

Personal information
Native name	Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου
Born	12 October 1989 (1989-10-12) (age 35) Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  Greece Olympic Games 2012 London LW2x World Rowing Championships 2009 Poznań LW2x 2011 Bled LW2x 2010 Karapiro LW2x European Rowing Championships 2009 Brest LW2x 2010 Montemor-O-Velho LW2x 2011 Plovdiv LW2x 2012 Varese LW2x World Rowing U23 Championships 2009 Racice BLW2x 2010 Brest BLW2x 2011 Amsterdam BLW2x 2008 Brandenburg BLW2x World Rowing Junior Championships 2007 Beijing JW4x

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

1. 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.
2. Worldrowing.com:Christina Giazitzidou.
3. Newsroom (20 July 2014). "Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου: "Μην αφήσετε την κωπηλασία της Καστοριάς να πεθάνει"". Newsbomb (in Greek). Retrieved 6 January 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
4. Worldrowing.com:Christina Giazitzidou – Results.
5. "2007 WORLD ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Beijing, CHN - (JW4x) Junior Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
6. "2009 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Brest, BLR -(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 20 September 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
7. "2010 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Montemor-o-Velho, POR - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
8. "2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Plovdiv, BUL - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "2008 WORLD ROWING U - Brandenburg, GER -(BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
13. "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.
14. "2012 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Varese, ITA -(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". www.worldrowing.com. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
15. "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.
16. "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 (archive)
• Christina Giazitzidou at Olympics.com
• Christina Giazitzidou at the Hellenic Olympic Committee
• Κωπηλασία: Χάλκινο μετάλλιο για τις Τσιάβου – Γιαζιτζίδου. (in Greek)