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Cyprus at the Paralympics

Summary

Cyprus made its Paralympic Games début at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, with a delegation of six athletes competing in archery, track and field, and swimming. The country has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.[1]

Cyprus at the
Paralympics
IPC codeCYP
NPCCyprus National Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.org.cy
Medals
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
8
Summer appearances

Cyprus did not win any medals until the 2004 Games in Athens, where swimmer Karolina Pelendritou became the first Cypriot Paralympic champion, in the women's 100m breaststroke (SB13 category). Execpt two silvers won in 2008 Games all the six another medals has won by Pelendritou.[2] Pelendritou went on to win her fourth and Cyprus' sixth Paralympic medal at 2012 Games in London with a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke (SB12 category).

List of medallists edit

Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Gold Karolina Pelendritou 2004 Athens Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB13
  Gold Karolina Pelendritou 2008 Beijing Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12
  Gold Karolina Pelendritou 2020 Tokyo Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11
  Silver Antonis Aresti 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 200 m T46
  Silver Antonis Aresti 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 400 m T46
  Silver Karolina Pelendritou London 2012 Swimming Women's 100 m Breastroke SB12
  Bronze Karolina Pelendritou Beijing 2008 Swimming Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12
  Bronze Karolina Pelendritou Tokyo 2020 Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S11

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Cyprus at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ^ Cyprus at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee