Cyprus competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Cyprus Olympic Committee sent a team of 16 athletes, 10 men and 6 women, to compete in seven different sports at the Games.[2][3] The nation's full roster in Rio de Janeiro was slightly larger by three athletes than those sent to London 2012. Among the sporting events represented by the nation's athletes, Cyprus made its Olympic debut in artistic gymnastics and women's road cycling.
The Cypriot delegation featured six returning Olympians, with only four of them having participated in more than two editions of the Olympic Games, including high jumper Kyriakos Ioannou, sprinter Eleni Artymata, 33-year-old windsurfer Andreas Cariolou (the oldest and most experienced competitor of the team), and Laser sailor Pavlos Kontides, who won a silver medal in London four years earlier. The nation's first ever Olympic medalist, and one of the potential frontrunners for gold in the Laser class at his third Games, Kontides was selected to lead the Cypriot team as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1][4]
Unlike the previous Olympics, Cyprus failed to earn a single medal in Rio de Janeiro. Kontides, Ioannou, and Serbian-born hurdler Milan Trajkovic came close to adding another medal for Cyprus at these Games, but finished seventh in the finals of their respective sporting events.[5]
^ abΗ κυπριακή αποστολή στο Ρίο και ημερομηνίες των αγωνισμάτων [Presentation of the Cypriot delegation and the schedule of events] (in Greek). Reporter.com.cy. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^"Cyprus sending strong team of 16 athletes to Rio Olympics". Cyprus Mail. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^Οι 16 αθλητές της Κύπρου στους Ολυμπιακούς του Ρίο και οι στόχοι τους [The 16 Cypriot athletes and the schedule at the Rio Olympics] (in Greek). iKypros.com. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^"Rio 2016, more flag bearers for sailing than Beijing and London combined". International Sailing Federation. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
^Hadjiloizis, Mario (17 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Anastasiades thanks "amazing" Cyprus Olympians". Sigma TV. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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