Charalampos Taiganidis
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Born | (1981-03-11) March 11, 1981 (age 43) Thessaloniki, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
He was awarded as the Best Greek male athlete with a disability for 2004, 2006 and 2008.
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