Anthi Karagianni

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Anthi Karagianni
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Long Jump - F13
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens 100m – T13
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens 400m - T13
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing Long Jump - F13
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Long Jump - F13

Anthi Karagianni is a Paralympian athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F13 long jump and in sprint events. She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she won silver medals in the T13 100m, T13 400m and F13 long jump. Karagianni also competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's F13 long jump event and competed in the T13 100m and 200m events. In the 2012 Summer Paralympics she took the third place in F13 long jump, winning her fifth medal in the Paralympic Games. The Municipal Stadium "Anthi Karagianni" in her hometown of Kavala, Greece, was renamed in her honour in 2004.

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