CHARALAMPOS TAIGANIDIS Student: Elianna D. Class: ST Ralleia Experimental School of Piraeus School year: 2018-2019 Teachers: Bakali A., Theodosi A.
CHARALAMPOS TAIGANIDIS • Charalampos Taiganidis is a Greek athlete of swimming, Paralympic and world champion. He was born on March 11, 1981 in Thessaloniki. According to him, his phobia for water has prompted him to engage in swimming in order to overcome it. • In 2003, after being distinguished on a PanHellenic level, he learned that he suffers from a serious eye disease, which degenerates vision, gradually diminishes and renders atrophic the nerves of the retina.
CHARALAMPOS TAIGANIDIS • In 2006 he participated in the World Swimming Championships for athletes with disabilities in Durban, South Africa, where he won six gold medals and broke the world records held so far. • In the same year he was awarded as the best athlete with disabilities by the Panhellenic Association of Sports Editors. • At the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing he was a flag-bearer of the Greek mission. In these games he won six medals.
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