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Pavlos Kontides

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Pavlos Kontides (Greek: Παύλος Κοντίδης, born 11 February 1990) is a Cypriot sailor. He became the first Cypriot athlete ever to win an Olympic medal for his country, by winning the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class behind Tom Slingsby, then twelve years later in Paris getting another medal of the same color behind Australia's Matthew Wearn. He won the International Sports Prize World Athlete of the Year award in 2012. On Tuesday 19 of September 2017, Kontides took the 1st place in 2017 ILCA World Championship in Split, Croatia, becoming a World Champion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Pavlos Kontides is the 5,290th most popular athlete (up from 5,390th in 2024), the 74th most popular biography from Cyprus (up from 75th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cypriot Athlete.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Pavlos Kontides ranks 871. Before him are Tony Jantschke, Libor Hudáček, Yuki Yamazaki, Ezequiel Muñoz, Simone Giertz, and Kristína Kučová. After him are Alena Leonova, Nenad Krstičić, Simon Makienok, Sam Lowes, Rami Bedoui, and Manuchekhr Dzhalilov.

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In Cyprus

Among people born in Cyprus, Pavlos Kontides ranks 74 out of 77. Before him are Michalis Hatzigiannis (1978), Dimitrios Droutsas (1968), Constantinos Christoforou (1977), Hovig Demirjian (1989), Pieros Sotiriou (1993), and Marios Joannou Elia (1978). After him are Aleksandr Zuyev (null), Efstathios Aloneftis (1983), Demetris Christofi (1988), Konstantinos Laifis (1993), Grigoris Kastanos (1998), and Nika Kacharava (1994).

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Among ATHLETES In Cyprus

Among athletes born in Cyprus, Pavlos Kontides ranks 2. Before him are Kyriakos Ioannou (1984). After him are Aleksandr Zuyev (null), Eleni Artymata (1986), Apostolos Parellis (1985), Andreas Cariolou (1982), Andri Eleftheriou (1984), Li Meng (null), Marilena Makri (2002), and Natasa Lappa (null).

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