Charalampos Taiganidis

Charalampos Taiganidis

Personal information
Nationality	Greece
Born	(1981-03-11) March 11, 1981 Thessaloniki, Greece
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley
Medal record Men's swimming Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 100 m backstroke S13 2004 Athens 100 m butterfly S13 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke S13 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle S13 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle S13 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly S13 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle S13 2008 Beijing 200 m medley SM13 2008 Beijing 400 m freestyle S13 2012 London 100 m backstroke S13

Charalampos Taiganidis (Greek: Χαράλαμπος Ταϊγανίδης) is a Greek Paralympic swimming champion, Paralympic gold medalist and multiple medal-winner with a total of 10 Paralympic medals (4 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze) he holds the record among Greek Paralympic athletes. He was a former S13 swimmer and now competes in the S12 class. He has competed in five consecutive Paralympic games: Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016, Tokyo 2020 and has won medals in three of them (2004, 2008 and 2012).