Cyprus at the Olympics

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Cyprus at the
Olympics
Flag of Cyprus.svg
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

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.

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 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.

Medal tables[edit]

Medals by Summer Games[edit]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 14 0 0 0 0
United States 1984 Los Angeles 10 0 0 0 0
South Korea 1988 Seoul 9 0 0 0 0
Spain 1992 Barcelona 17 0 0 0 0
United States 1996 Atlanta 17 0 0 0 0
Australia 2000 Sydney 22 0 0 0 0
Greece 2004 Athens 20 0 0 0 0
China 2008 Beijing 17 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 2012 London 13 0 1 0 1 70
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 16 0 0 0 0
Japan 2020 Tokyo 15 0 0 0 0
France 2024 Paris Future Event
United States 2028 Los Angeles
Australia 2032 Brisbane
Total 0 1 0 1 132

Medals by Winter Games[edit]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
United States 1980 Lake Placid 3 0 0 0 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo 5 0 0 0 0
Canada 1988 Calgary 3 0 0 0 0
France 1992 Albertville 4 0 0 0 0
Norway 1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0
Japan 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 1 0 0 0 0
Italy 2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0
Canada 2010 Vancouver 2 0 0 0 0
Russia 2014 Sochi 2 0 0 0 0
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 0 0 0
China 2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 -
Italy 2026 Milan–Cortina Future Event
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by sport[edit]

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Sailing0101
Totals (1 sports)0101

List of medalists[edit]

Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event
 Silver Pavlos Kontides United Kingdom 2012 London Sailing pictogram.svg 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]