Christina Giazitzidou (Greek: Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου; born 12 October 1989) is a Greek rower. She won the bronze medal (along with Alexandra Tsiavou) at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, in the Women's lightweight double sculls.^[1]

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Christina Giazitzidou

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Native name	Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου
Born	12 October 1989 (1989-10-12) (age 34) Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  Greece Olympic Games 2012 London LW2x World Rowing Championships 2009 Poznań LW2x 2011 Bled LW2x 2010 Karapiro LW2x European Rowing Championships 2009 Brest LW2x 2010 Montemor-O-Velho LW2x 2011 Plovdiv LW2x 2012 Varese LW2x World Rowing U23 Championships 2009 Racice BLW2x 2010 Brest BLW2x 2011 Amsterdam BLW2x 2008 Brandenburg BLW2x World Rowing Junior Championships 2007 Beijing JW4x

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Giazitzidou was born in Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece, where she lives till today.^[2] She turned to rowing when she was about ten years old as a member of the Nautical Club of Kastoria (which is also her current club).^[3] Her first major international competition was during the 2006 World Rowing U23 Championships which was held in Hazewinkel, Belgium.^[4] She won bronze at the 2007 World Rowing Junior Championships in the women's quad sculls.^[5]

In 2009, she first competed along with Alexandra Tsiavou in Women's lightweight double sculls during 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznań. Giazitzidou and Tsiavou won the gold medal.^[4] The following year, the Greek duo won the bronze medal in Karapiro, and in 2011 Giazitzidou and her teammate won the gold again.^[4] They also won gold in the event in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 European Championships.^[6][7][8] Giazitzidou also won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Under-23 World Championships with Triantafyllia Kalampoka, following the pair winning the silver in 2008.^{[9][10][11][12]} Giazitzidou won the bronze medal (along with Alexandra Tsiavou) at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, in Women's lightweight double sculls.^[13] They won the silver medal in the same event at the 2012 European Championships.^[14]

Christina Giazitzidou is originally from Chionato of Akrites Municipal Unit, in her honor an event was held in the settlement^[15] and in the area a Municipal Football Field was built in her name.^[16]