Paraskevi Tsiamita

{{Short description|Greek track and field athlete}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

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| name = Paraskevi Tsiamita

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| nickname = Voula

| native_name = Παρασκευή "Βούλα" Τσιαμήτα

| native_name_lang = gr

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|3|10}}

| birth_place= Volos, Greece

| event=Triple jump
Long jump

| highestranking = 1st (1999)

| pb = 15.07 m, 14.63 m (i)
6.93 m

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1999 Seville|Triple jump}}

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Paraskevi "Voula" Tsiamita ({{langx|el|Παρασκευή Τσιαμήτα}}, {{IPA|el|parasceˈvi tsjaˈmita|}}, born 10 March 1972) is a Greek former track and field athlete who competed in long jump and triple jump.

She was born in Volos, on 10 March 1972. Her origins come from the nearby village of Sesklo,{{cite news|url=https://www.tovima.gr/2008/11/24/sports/me-logiki-kai-eyaisthisia-gia-tin-pagkosmia-diakrisi/|title=Με "λογική και ευαισθησία" για την παγκόσμια διάκριση|newspaper=To Vima|date=24 November 2008|language=el}} and she is of Aromanian descent.{{cite journal|url=https://farsharotu.org/community-news-22/|title=Community News|journal=The Newsletter of the Society Farsharotu|volume=16|issue=1–2|date=25 April 2003}}{{cite news|url=https://www.tovima.gr/2008/11/24/books-ideas/eimaste-oloi-blaxoi-2/|title="Είμαστε όλοι Βλάχοι"|first=Stathis|last=Efstathiadis|newspaper=To Vima|date=24 November 2008|language=el}}

In 1998 she improved her personal best in triple jump by approximately one metre, and became world champion in 1999 with a personal best jump of 15.07 metres. This was the national record until 2004, when Hrysopiyi Devetzi jumped 15.32 m at the Olympic Games.{{citation-needed | date = August 2022}}

Her personal best in long jump is 6.93 metres, achieved in August 1999 in Patras. This places her second in the all-time Greek performers list, only behind Niki Xanthou. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012740/http://athletix.org/?p=275]}}

She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for 1999.

Tsiamita retired in 2004 because of persistent injury problems.