Andreas Cariolou

Cypriot windsurfer

Andreas Cariolou
Personal information
Native name	Ανδρέας Φεοβος Καριόλου
Full name	Andreas Pheobus Kariolou
Nationality	Cyprus
Born	(1982-11-24) 24 November 1982 (age 41) Engomi, Cyprus
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)

Sailing career
Class	Sailboard
Club	Kyrenia Nautical Club

Andreas Pheobus Kariolou (Greek: Ανδρέας Φεοβος Καριόλου; born 24 November 1982) is a five-time Olympic windsurfer from Cyprus, racing for Kyrenia Nautical Club^[1]^[2]

He accomplished thirteenth-place finishes at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, closely missing qualification into the medal race. At his third Olympics in London, Cariolou improved further in the men's event, but suffered a few bad races, which affected his position in the overall rankings, and ultimately ended up in seventeenth place. In Rio 2016 Olympics he was again close to the top 10 mid championship, but he ended in 19th place.

After some time off, he returned to action in 2017 with a 16th place at the European Championship. In September 2019 he qualified for his 5th Olympic Games, which is an all-time record for Cyprus, being the first athlete from the island-nation to qualify for five Olympic Games.^[3]

A few highlights from his career:

3rd place World Championship-2005 - Italy

6th place European Championship 2011- Bulgaria

8th place- Sailing World Cup final 2019- France

Multiple medals in Athens Eurolymp sailing weeks

Multiple times finalist in World Sailing Cup events

14 consecutive years National champion

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andreas Cariolou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
^ "Andreas Carioulou". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
^ "Ανδρέας Καριόλου, ο πρώτος Κύπριος στην ιστορία με πέντε Ολυμπιακές προκρίσεις!" [Andreas Kariolou, the first Cypriot in history with five Olympic qualifiers!]. Olympic.org.cy (in Greek). Cyprus Olympic Committee. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2019.