Olympic history of Cyprus
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Cyprus has participated in all the Olympic Games since 1980, that is, eight summer and nine winter games. Previously, Cypriots had already competed under the Greek flag. The first modern Olympian from Cyprus was Anastasios Andreou in 1896.
Cyprus has sent a total of 111 participants since 1980, including 79 men and 32 women. Cyprus's athletes took part in a total of 76 competitions in 12 sports.
The youngest Cypriot participant was swimmer Anabel Drousiotou , who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow at the age of 14. The oldest Cypriot was the shooter Dimitrios Lordos , who took part in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona at the age of 46.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , the sailor Pavlos Kontides was the first time a Cypriot won an Olympic medal.
Overview
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| 1980 Lake Placid | Andreas Pilavakis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1980 Moscow | Kostas Papakostas | 14th | 12 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1984 Sarajevo | 5 | 4th | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1984 Los Angeles | Marios Kassianidis | 10 | 10 | 4th | |||||
| 1988 Calgary | Karolina Fotiadou | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1988 Seoul | Mikhalakis Tymbios | 9 | 7th | 2 | 4th | ||||
| 1992 Albertville | Sokratis Aristodimou | 4th | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1992 Barcelona | Marios Hadjiandreou | 17th | 13 | 4th | 8th | ||||
| 1994 Lillehammer | Karolina Fotiadou | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1996 Atlanta | Anninos Markoullidis | 17th | 15th | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 1998 Nagano | Andreas Vasili | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2000 Sydney | Antonis Andreou | 22nd | 17th | 5 | 4th | ||||
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Theodoros Khristodoulou | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2004 Athens | Giorgos Akhilleos | 20th | 13 | 7th | 7th | ||||
| 2006 Turin | Theodoros Khristodoulou | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2008 Beijing | Giorgos Akhilleos | 17th | 7th | 10 | 6th | ||||
| 2010 Vancouver | Christopher Papamichalopoulos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2012 London | Markos Pagdatis | 13 | 9 | 4th | 7th | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2014 Sochi | Konstantinos Papamichael | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Pavlos Kontides | 16 | 10 | 6th | 7th |
Web links
- Cyprus in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Cyprus on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
