Cyprus at the Olympics

Cyprus has sent athletes to every Olympic Games held since 1980. Cyprus earned its first Olympic medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics when Pavlos Kontides earned a silver medal in the men's laser sailing event. They had a near miss at the 2008 Olympics when Antonis Nikolaidis lost the bronze medal shoot-off in men's skeet. The first modern Olympian from Cyprus was actually Anastasios Andreou in 1896, who competed under the Greek flag. At this time, Cyprus was a British colony.

Cyprus at the
Olympics
IOC codeCYP
NOCCyprus Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.org.cy (in Greek and English)
Medals
Ranked 134th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Because the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not internationally recognized by any major authority (including the IOC), it has no Olympic committee.[1] Therefore, all Cypriot Olympians are required to compete under the name and flag of the Republic of Cyprus. Turkish are Cypriots who are unable or unwilling to compete under the flag of the Republic of Cyprus either compete for Turkey,[2] or for another country, or not at all.

Cyprus Photographers at Olympic Games by Cypnoc.

Three photographers who have worked for the Cyprus Olympic Committee during the Olympic Games in different years:

1. 2012 London: Andreas Manoli

2. 2016 Rio de Janeiro: Selene Alexia

3. 2020 Tokyo: Paris J Andreou


Medal tables edit

Medals by Summer Games edit

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1980 Moscow 14 0 0 0 0
1984 Los Angeles 10 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 9 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 17 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 17 0 0 0 0
2000 Sydney 22 0 0 0 0
2004 Athens 20 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 17 0 0 0 0
2012 London 13 0 1 0 1 70
2016 Rio de Janeiro 16 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 15 0 0 0 0
2024 Paris future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total 0 1 0 1 132

Medals by Winter Games edit

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1980 Lake Placid 3 0 0 0 0
1984 Sarajevo 5 0 0 0 0
1988 Calgary 3 0 0 0 0
1992 Albertville 4 0 0 0 0
1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0
1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0
2002 Salt Lake City 1 0 0 0 0
2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0
2010 Vancouver 2 0 0 0 0
2014 Sochi 2 0 0 0 0
2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 0 0 0
2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 -
2026 Milan–Cortina future event
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by sport edit

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Sailing0101
Totals (1 entries)0101

List of medalists edit

Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event
  Silver Pavlos Kontides 2012 London   Sailing Laser

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Occupied Cyprus, Interest Tourism, Scuba Diving, Paintball, Horse Riding, Karting
  2. ^ "Meliz Redif to make Olympic history | OBV".

External links edit