Paraskevi Kantza

{{Short description|Greek paralympic athlete (born 1976)}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Paraskevi Kantza

| image = Paraskevi Kantza - 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.jpg

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| caption = Paraskevi Kantza at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

| nickname =

| nationality = Greek

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|8|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Agrinio, Greece

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| retired =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 158 cm

| weight = 54 kg

| country = {{GRE}}

| sport = Paralympic athletics

| event = sprint, long jump

| club = S.C.B. Ifaistos Thessaloniki

| coach = Theodoros Katsonopoulos

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's para athletics }}

{{MedalCountry | {{GRE}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 2004 Athens | 100 metres - T11}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|{{nowrap|2011 Christchurch}}|Long jump - T11}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Lyon|Long jump - T11}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 Stadskanaal|100m - T11}}

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Paraskevi Kantza (born 8 August 1976) is a paralympic athlete from Greece competing mainly in category T11 sprint events and the long jump.

Paraskevi has competed in three Paralympics competing in the T11 100m, 200m and long jump. Her first games were the 2004 Summer Paralympics in her home country where she won a bronze in the 100m. She was unable to match this in Beijing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics and in London in 2012 Summer Paralympics where she failed to win any medals.[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=all&games=all&Medal=all&npc=all&name=Kantza&fname=Paraskevi&gender=all profile on paralympic.org]

File:2013 IPC Athletics World Championships - 26072013 - Paraskevi Kantza and Theodoros Katsonopoulos of Greece during the Women's 200m - T11 third semifinal.jpg

She was awarded as the Best Greek female athlete with a disability for 2013.