Cyprus at the Paralympics

Cyprus at the Paralympics
IPC code	CYP
NPC	Cyprus National Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org.cy
Medals	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 8
Summer appearances
1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

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). 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

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

• Cyprus at the Olympics

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