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Maria Kalpakidou

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Greece
Swimming
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Biography

Impairment information

Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
S2

Further personal information

Residence
Greece

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up the sport in 1990. She began competing in 1994.
Club / Team
Fillipos: Greece
Name of coach
Ioannis Alexakis [national], GRE; Archontia Kazaki [national], GRE

General interest

Awards and honours
She read the Athlete's Oath at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. (paralympic.org, 23 Aug 2008)
Impairment
Her impairment is the result of the effects of polio. (paralympic.gr, 12 Apr 2013)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S2 Heat 2 3
Women's 50 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 5
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Heat 2 3
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Final Round 3
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S2 Heats (S1/2) 1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 1
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Final Round 2
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S3 Heat 2 7
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Heat 2 4
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Final Round 6
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 4
Women's 200 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 5
Women's 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Heat 1 4
Women's 4x50 m Medley 20pts Heat 1 5
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Final Round 5
Women's 50 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 6
IPC Swimming World Championships Mar del Plata 2002 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 3
Women's 200 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 2
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Final Round 2
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 2
Women's 100 m Freestyle S2 Final Round 4
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Final Round 2
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S3 Heat 2 2012-09-03 6
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Final Round 2012-09-05 6
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Final 1 2013-08-14 4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S2 Final 1 2013-08-16 5
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S2 Final Round 2016-09-09 5
Women's 50 m Backstroke S2 Final Round 2016-09-15 5