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Charalampos Taiganidis

Personal information
Nationality	Greece
Born	(1981-03-11) March 11, 1981 (age 43) Thessaloniki, Greece
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley
Medal record Men's swimming Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 100 m backstroke S13 2004 Athens 100 m butterfly S13 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke S13 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle S13 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle S13 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly S13 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle S13 2008 Beijing 200 m medley SM13 2008 Beijing 400 m freestyle S13 2012 London 100 m backstroke S13

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).

He was awarded as the Best Greek male athlete with a disability for 2004, 2006 and 2008.

References

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

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