Elpida Tikmanidou

Elpida Tikmanidou (; born August 29, 2008, in Ioannina) is a Greek female professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter. She is a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team and plays for ZAON.

She began playing volleyball in Ioannina with AS Giannena. She was selected for Greece's youth national teams at an early age and was included in the country's under-17 squad in 2023.

During the 2023–24 season, she played for AO Dexameni Metamorfosis. She was subsequently transferred to ZAON for the 2024–25 season, when she was listed as an 18-year-old outside hitter in the club's roster.

With ZAON, Tikmanidou helped the club win promotion from the Greek Pre League to the Greek Women's Volleyball League in 2025. In the promotion play-off against AS Elpis, she contributed significantly to ZAON's two victories in the final series.

In the 2025–26 Greek Women's Volleyball League season, Tikmanidou emerged as one of ZAON's leading offensive players. She scored 22 points in a 3–1 victory over AO Nea Smyrni in November 2025 and later played a key role in the club's playoff campaign.

International career

Tikmanidou represented Greece at youth level in the 2023 Girls' U17 European Volleyball Championship cycle. She subsequently played for the Greece women's under-18 and under-20 national teams in 2024.

She was selected for the senior Greece women's national volleyball team in 2025 and was included in Greece's squad for the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship.

During the 2025 Women's European Volleyball Golden League, Tikmanidou made an impact in Greece's matches, including a 3–1 victory over North Macedonia in August 2025.

In 2026, she continued to play a key role for the senior national team in the CEV Volleyball European League and at the 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship. In Greece's European League campaign, she scored 14 points against Kosovo in Larissa.

At the 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Tikmanidou helped Greece to a notable 3–1 victory over Bulgaria.

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