Paraskevi Papachristou
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| Personal information | |
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| Native name | Παρασκευή Παπαχρήστου |
| Nickname(s) | Voula |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Born |
17 April 1989 Athens, Greece |
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
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| Country |
 Greece
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| Sport | Triple jump |
| Club | AEK |
| Coached by | George Pomaski |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 14.73 m 14.47 m (i) |
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Paraskevi "Voula" Papachristou (Greek: Παρασκευή (Βούλα) Παπαχρήστου [parasceˈvi papaˈxristu]; born 17 April 1989) is a Greek triple jumper and long jumper. She won two gold medals at the European Athletics U23 Championships and represented Greece at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She was removed from the Greek team for the 2012 London Olympics by the Greek Olympic Committee after a tweet she made on Twitter. She participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics' final in Rio de Janeiro, taking the 8th place.
Born in Athens, Papachristou won the bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. She competed in the 2009 European Indoor Championships and went through the qualification round with a jump of 14.47 metres. However, in the final, she was injured and failed to register a valid jump. After taking the bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, she competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final round. She won the gold medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships that season.
During the indoor season of 2011, she competed in the qualifying rounds of the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships without reaching the final. She achieved a personal best of 14.72 metres in June 2011 in Chania – a mark which ranks her third among Greek female triple jumpers, after Hrysopiyi Devetzi and Paraskevi Tsiamita. This jump was also the second best ever achieved by a European under-23 athlete after Anna Pyatykh's record of 14.79 m. She successfully defended her gold medal at the 2011 European U23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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