Erasmus GYMNASIUM KONSTANTINOUPOLEOS SPORTS HERO IN CYPRUS KA

Erasmus+ GYMNASIUM KONSTANTINOUPOLEOS SPORTS HERO IN CYPRUS KA 229 2018 -20

Karolina Pelendritou • Karolina Pelendritou is a visually impaired swimmer from Cyprus. She has won gold medals and broken records in national and international games as well as winning two gold medals, a silver and a bronze in three consecutive Paralympic Games. Due to her achievements she is known as the "Princess of the Pool". Ø Born: August 25, 1986 , Limassol Ø Strokes: Freestyle swimming, Breaststroke.

Pavlos Kontides • Pavlos Kontides is a Cypriot sailor. He became the first Cypriot athlete ever to win an Olympic medal for our country by winning the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class behind Tom Slingsby. Ø Born: February 11, 1990 Limassol age 29 years Ø Olympic medal: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser

Pavlos Kontides • In August 2009 Kontides climbed to No 8 in the world, with his best position coming in June 2011 when he reached No. 6. In August 2010 he took the 5 th place at the World Championship Laser in the Channel Sea. • At the Olympics in London he won the silver medal. At the same time he became the first modern Cypriot athlete to conquer an Olympic medal with the colors of Cyprus.

Kyriakos Ioannou • Birth 26 July 1984 Limassol Citizenship Cyprus Ø His personal record in the sport, which is also a national record of Cyprus, is 2. 35 meters. He succeeded in the 11 th World Athletics Championship held in Osaka, Japan in 2007. In this way he equaled the best performance in the world for 2007 and won the bronze medal. With this distinction he gave Cyprus the first medal in her history at World Athletics Championships.

Kyriakos Ioannou • This success was reiterated in the closed circuit in March 2008 in the corresponding World Championship in Valencia. Ø Ioannou jumped 2. 30 m. on March 8 and won the third place [1] and the bronze medal. At the 12 th World Athletics Championship in Berlin 2009, he won a performance of 2. 32 m. the silver medal.

Marcos Baghdatis • Marcos Baghdatis is a Cypriot professional tennis player. Ø He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledon championships and reached a career-high apt singles ranking of world no. 8 in august 2006. Ø Born: June 17, 1985 (age 33 years) Ø Country (sports): Cyprus Ø Olympic games: 3 R (2012)

Marcos Baghdatis • Baghdatis entered the Australian Open as an unseeded player, under the coaching of Guillaume Player, and produced an unexpected four-set victory over second-seed and world No. 3 Andy Roddick in the fourth round. He then defeated the seventh seed Ivan Ljubičić in the quarterfinals in five sets. In the semifinals, he came back from two sets down to defeat fourth seed David Nalbandian in five. The vocal support he enjoyed from his local fans (consisting mostly of members of Melbourne's large Greek Australian community) throughout the tournament was considered one of the highlights of the tournament. In the final, Baghdatis started strongly (being a set and a break up with a chance to double break), but eventually lost to world no.

Marcos Baghdatis • Awards: • 2005: Cypriot athlete of the year • 2007: Best Athlete Award • 2006: by the Cyprus Athletes' Association