Cyprus at the Paralympics

Cyprus at the
Paralympics
Cyprus at the; Paralympics
IPC code	CYP
NPC	Cyprus National Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org.cy
Medals; Ranked 86th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 10
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). Except 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