Charalampos Taiganidis

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Charalampos Taiganidis
Personal information
Nationality Greece
Born (1981-03-11) March 11, 1981 (age 43)
Thessaloniki, Greece
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley

Charalampos Taiganidis (Greek: Χαράλαμπος Ταϊγανίδης) is a Greek Paralympic swimming champion, Paralympic gold medalist and multiple medal-winner with a total of 10 Paralympic medals (4 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze) he holds the record among Greek Paralympic athletes. He was a former S13 swimmer and now competes in the S12 class. He has competed in five consecutive Paralympic games: Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016, Tokyo 2020 and has won medals in three of them (2004, 2008 and 2012).[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Charalampos Taiganidis - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 27 April 2022.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Makrodimitris, Dimoglou, Taiganidis, get bronze in London Paralympics". Greek Reporter. 3 September 2012.