Georgios Karaminas

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Georgios Karaminas
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Paralympic athletics
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Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Shot put - F52

Georgios Karaminas is a Paralympic athlete from Greece who competes mainly in category F52 shot put events.

Georgios has competed in the shot put and javelin at every Paralympics between 1992 and 2008, but it was in the shot put in 2004 that he won his only a medal, a silver. [1]

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