Panagiota "Peny" Karagkouni (Greek: Παναγιώτα Καραγκούνη; born July 1, 1993)[1] is a Greek Beach Volleyball player. Her debut appearance in Beach Volleyball tournaments was in 2013 when she replaced Maria Tsartsiani as Vassiliki Arvaniti's partner.[2]

Karagkouni celebrating in Klagenfurt, Austria (2013) (Information about this image)

Born in Athens, Karagkouni started playing Volleyball at the age of 6 for Iraklis Kifissias and in 2008 she got promoted to the women's first team even though she was only 15.

She has won 9 Greek Championships in indoor Volleyball with Iraklis Kifissias at the U15, U17 and U19 categories. For some years, she used to play at all three categories at the same time. In addition, "Peny" was playing as a libero player for 9 years and as an outside hitter for another 3.

After five successful years with the Greek team, she was chosen by Vassiliki Arvaniti as her future partner in order to represent Greece in European as well as World Championships in Beach Volleyball.

In her first season in Beach Volleyball and despite being the new member of the team, she managed (with Vassiliki Arvaniti) to finish 5th in the Finals of the European Championship held in Klagenfurt, Austria hosted by CEV.[3]

Her greatest achievement to date has been the silver medal she gained with Vassiliki Arvaniti at the XVII Mediterranean Games held at Mersin, Turkey.[4]

In addition, on the 28th of July 2013 she won the Greek Championship held in Athens and she -along with Arvaniti- is currently the player who will represent the Greek National Team in all international competitions for the upcoming year. [5]

At a very young age, Karagkouni started representing the Greek national team in indoor Volleyball taking part in various international championships.[6] While being a member of the U17 and U19 Greek national teams, her position was libero even though she had started playing as an outside hitter over the last years of her career in volleyball. She counts 75 appearances with all National Teams.

She reached her first important FIVB milestone on the 14th 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 Arvaniti. [7]

Karagkouni is studying Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology at the University of Athens since 2011.
International Distinctions
Year Event Location Position
2013 FIVB Masters Baden, AUT 13th
2013 CEV European Championship Finals Klagenfurt, AUT 5th
2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, TUR 2nd
2013 FIVB Open Durban, RSA 9th
References

[1], Peny Karagkouni Bio
[2], FIVB Biography
[3], European Championship Finals Ranking.
[4], Mediterranean Games Results.
[5], Greek Champions 2013.
[6], Appearances with National Team.
[7], FIVB Durban Open Results.

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