Cyprus at the Paralympics

Cyprus at the Paralympic Games
Flag of Cyprus IPC code  CYP NPC Cyprus National Paralympic Committee
Paralympic history
Summer Games
1960–1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

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 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). The country's other medals were all won at the 2008 Games in Beijing: a gold, two silver and a bronze.^[2]

List of medallists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Karolina Pelendritou	2004 Athens	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB13
1 Gold	Karolina Pelendritou	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12
2 Silver	Antonis Aresti	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 200 m T46
2 Silver	Antonis Aresti	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 400 m T46
3 Bronze	Karolina Pelendritou	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12

See also

• Cyprus at the Olympics

References

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