Peny Karagkouni

Panagiota "Peny" Karagkouni
Karagkouni celebrating in Klagenfurt, Austria (2013)
Personal information
Full name	Panagiota Karagkouni
Nickname	Peny Karagkouni
Nationality	Greek
Born	(1993-07-01) July 1, 1993 (age 24) Maroussi, Athens
Hometown	Athens, Greece
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Spike	279 cm (110 in)
Block	270 cm (110 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate Pigi-Anna Metheniti
Indoor volleyball information
Position	Outside Hitter
Career
Years Teams 2008–2013 Iraklis Kifissias
National team
2007–2013 Greece (U17) Greece (U19) Greece
Honours 2013 Greek Championship Finals XVII Mediterranean Games 2014 Greek Championship Finals 2015 Greek Championship Finals

Panagiota "Peny" Karagkouni (Greek: Παναγιώτα Καραγκούνη; born July 1, 1993) is a Greek beach volleyball player. Her debut appearance in beach volleyball tournaments was in 2013, when she replaced Maria Tsiartsiani as Vicky Arvaniti's partner.

In her first season in beach volleyball, and despite being the new member of the team, she managed (with Vicky Arvaniti) to finish 5th in the finals of the European Championship held in Klagenfurt, Austria hosted by CEV.

Her greatest achievement to date has been the silver medal she gained with Vassiliki Arvaniti at the XVII Mediterranean Games held at Mersin, Turkey.

In addition, on 28 July 2013 she won the Greek Championship held in Athens and she – along with Arvaniti – was the player who would represent the Greek National Team in all international competitions for the following year.

She reached her first important FIVB milestone on 14 December 2013, by obtaining the 9th position at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Durban Open for the first time in her career, this being the greatest achievement for the team since she partnered up with Vicky Arvaniti.

In April 2014, Maria Tsiartsiani returned to action after a successful surgery on the right shoulder and only a few months after she had given birth to her first child, and she teamed up with her ex-teammate Arvaniti.

Consequently, Peny took part at the Continental Cup Round 1 hosted by CEV as being the second Greek team partnering Evangelia Christou this time and managed to obtain the first place, which gave the Greek national teams the opportunity to compete at the second stage of the tournament that would lead to the Olympic Games of Rio 2016.