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![]() Paraskevi Kantza at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Greek |
Born | Agrinio, Greece | 8 August 1976
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Event(s) | sprint, long jump |
Club | S.C.B. Ifaistos Thessaloniki |
Coached by | Theodoros Katsonopoulos |
Paraskevi Kantza (born 8 August 1976) is a paralympic athlete from Greece competing mainly in category T11 sprint events and the long jump.
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