Alexandra Tsiavou

Alexandra Tsiavou (Greek Αλεξάνδρα Τσιάβου, born September 26, 1985 in Ioannina ) is a Greek lightweight rower.

Tsiavou was already at the 2001 Youth World Cups, 2003, she was able to occupy the fifth place without coxswain with the Greek Quad. 2004 was Tsiavou seventh in the lightweight single sculls at the U23 World Regatta, 2005, she was fourth in the U23 World Cup. The World Rowing Championships 2005, she met with Mary Sakellaridou to the lightweight double sculls, finishing in seventh place. In 2006, she won in the U23 World Championships in One; together with Chrissi Biskitzi she received in the double sculls bronze medal at the World Rowing Championships in 2006 behind the boats from China and Australia. In 2007 she defended your U23 title in one, in the double sculls occupied Biskitzi and Tsiavou fifth place at the World Championships in Munich. At the European Championships in Poznan Biskitzi and Tsiavou won the title. This track were the two before a home crowd in Athens defend 2008, while they finished only sixth place in Beijing at the Olympic Games.

2009 Tsiavou won two World Cup races in one. For the major championships Christina Giazitzidou moved to Alexandra Tsiavou in the double sculls, the two won the World Championships in Poznan and the European Championships in Brest. The European title could both defend in 2010 Montemor -o -Velho, at the World Championships in New Zealand won the Canadian before the German boat, the two Greek women received the bronze medal. 2011 repeated itself for Tsiavou the success of 2009, two World Cup victories in the one followed in the double sculls world champion title in Bled and the European title in Plovdiv. At the Olympic Games in 2012, the two won the bronze medal behind the British and the Chinese boat.