2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Cyprus)
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With its participation in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Cyprus wasrepresented for the eighth time at the Summer Olympics. The first participation was in 1980. 17 athletes competed in five different sports. Tennis player Marcos Baghdatis injured his wrist just before the games and was unable to participate. The flag bearer for the opening ceremony was George Achilleus.
Participants by sport
Archery
Women:
Weightlifting
Men:
- Dimitris Minasidis (class up to 69 kg)
athletics
Men:
- Kyriakos Ioannou (high jump)
Women:
- Eleni Artymata (200 m)
- Anna Foitidou (pole vault)
- Alissa Kallinikou (400 m)
- Paraskevi Theodorou (hammer throwing)
- Alexandra Tsisiou (javelin throwing)
shoot
Women:
- Andri Eleftheriou (Skeet)
Men:
- George Achilleos (Skeet)
- Andonis Nikolaidis (Skeet)
swim
Women:
- Anna Stylianou (100 m freestyle)
- Natalia Chatziloizou (100 m butterfly)
sailing
Women:
- Gavriella Chadjidamianou (windsurfing)
Men:
- Andreas Kariolou (windsurfing)
- Pavlos Kontides (laser)
- Haris Papadopoulos (Finn Dinghy)
Web links
- Cyprus Olympic team from 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
