in Greece and three other university departments of the University of Thessaly based in the city. Transport Karditsa is served by trains on the Palaiofarsalos-Kalambaka line, with connections to both Athens and Thessaloniki. Sports Karditsa has many clubs in various sport. The most of them are active in football such as Anagennisi Karditsa, AO Karditsa, Asteras Karditsa and Elpides Karditsas. The club SPA Karditsa is active in volleyball. People Ioannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player Antigoni Drisbioti, Greek Olympian race walker Charilaos Florakis, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Greece Georgios Karaiskakis, hero of the Greek War of Independence Alexandros Papamichail, Greek Olympian race walker Helena Paparizou, Greek singer and winner of 2005 Eurovision Song Contest Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek army officer and Prime Minister Georgios Siantos, communist politician, Greek Resistance figure Dimitris Sioufas, Greek politician and former speaker of the Hellenic parliament Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper, bronze medalist at European Championships Panagiota Tsinopoulou, Greek Olympian race walker Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player See also Fanari, Karditsa Gallery References External links Karditsa Wireless Metropolitan Network, Karditsas Wifi Community Network (in Greek) Greek prefectural capitals Municipalities of Thessaly Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit)