Cyprus at the Olympics

Cyprus (CYP) has sent athletes to every Olympic Games held since 1980.

Cyprus earned its first Olympic medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Pavlos Kontides earned a silver medal in the men's laser sailing event.

They almost won a medal in the 2008 Olympics when Antonis Nikolaidis lost the bronze medal shoot-off in men's skeet. The first athlete from Cyprus in the modern Olympics was Anastasios Andreou in 1896. He competed under the Greek flag.  At this time, Cyprus was a British colony. The Olympics does not recognise Northern Cyprus and Turkish Cypriots are unable to participate. 

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

 References 

Other websites 
 Cyprus profile at London2012.com

Category:Sport in Cyprus
Category:Republic of Cyprus
Category:Nations at the Olympics