Cyprus at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Cyprus at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
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CGF code | CYP |
CGA | Cyprus Olympic Committee |
Website | olympic |
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022 | |
Competitors | 55 (37 men and 18 women) in 12 sports |
Flag bearers | Marios Georgiou Zoi Konstantopoulou |
Medals Ranked 17th |
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Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
Cyprus competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.[1] It was Cyprus' 11th appearance at the Games.
Marios Georgiou and Zoi Konstantopoulou were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2]
Medalists
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Georgios Balarjishvili | Judo | Men's -66kg | 1 August |
Gold | Ilias Georgiou | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | 2 August |
Silver | Sokratis Pilakouris | Gymnastics | Men's rings | 1 August |
Silver | Anna Sokolova | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic individual all-around | 5 August |
Silver | Anna Sokolova | Gymnastics | Women's hoop | 6 August |
Bronze | Georgios Angonas Michalis Chari Ilias Georgiou Marios Georgiou Sokratis Pilakouris |
Gymnastics | Men's artistic team all-around | 29 July |
Bronze | Marios Georgiou | Gymnastics | Men's artistic individual all-around | 31 July |
Bronze | Marios Georgiou | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | 2 August |
Bronze | Marios Georgiou | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | 2 August |
Bronze | Alexandros Poursanidis | Athletics | Men's hammer throw | 6 August |
Bronze | Anna Sokolova | Gymnastics | Women's ball | 6 August |
Competitors
[edit]It is expected that Cyprus will send 46 competitors to the Games.[3]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Athletics | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Badminton | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Beach volleyball | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Cycling | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Gymnastics | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Judo | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Swimming | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Table tennis | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Triathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 37 | 18 | 55 |
Athletics
[edit]- Men
- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Milan Trajkovic | 110 m hurdles | 13.47 | 3 Q | 13.49 | 6 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank | ||
Nikandros Stylianou | Pole vault | — | 5.25 | 4 | |
Christos Tamanis | — | 5.15 | 6 | ||
Christoforos Genethli | Discus throw | 57.40 | 11 q | 57.80 | 12 |
Apostolos Parellis | 57.99 | 9 q | 62.08 | 7 | |
Alexandros Poursanidis | Hammer throw | — | 73.97 |
- Women
- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Natalia Christofi | 100 m hurdles | 13.42 | 5 | Did not advance |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank | ||
Despoina Charalambous | High jump | 1.71 | 17 | did not advance | |
Filippa Fotopoulou | Long jump | 6.59 | 4 q | 6.47 | 8 |
Androniki Lada | Discus throw | — | 53.04 | 9 | |
Chrystalla Kyriakou | Hammer throw | 62.09 | 7 q | 60.97 | 11 |
Badminton
[edit]Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Eleni Christodoulou | Women's singles | Bye | Yeo (SGP) L (12–21, 8–21) |
Did not advance | ||||
Eva Kattirzi | Akoumba Ze (CMR) W (21–10, 21–11) |
Nantuo (GHA) W (21–10, 21–8) |
Kashyap (IND) L (2–21, 7–21) |
Did not advance | ||||
Eleni Christodoulou Eva Kattirzi |
Women's doubles | — | Laurens Jordaan & Scholtz (RSA) L (15–21, 14–21) |
Did not advance |
Beach volleyball
[edit]On 26 September 2021, Cyprus guaranteed qualification for both the men's and women's tournaments by winning the European Qualifiers.[4][5] The FIVB later confirmed the women ultimately qualified directly via the World Rankings (for performances between 16 April 2018 and 31 March 2022).[6]
Athletes | Event | Preliminary Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score | |||
Antonios Liotatis Charalambos Zorbis |
Men's | New Zealand (NZL) L 0-2 |
England (ENG) L 0-2 |
Tuvalu (TUV) W 2-0 |
3 q | Canada (CAN) L 0-2 |
Did not advance | ||
Zoi Konstantopoulou Erika Nystrom |
Women's | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) W 2-0 |
Sri Lanka (SRI) W 2-0 |
Australia (AUS) L 0-2 |
2 Q | Vanuatu (VAN) L 0-2 |
Did not advance |
Men's tournament
[edit]Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | O'Dea – Fuller (NZL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 126 | 97 | 1.299 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Bello – Bello (ENG) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.000 | 119 | 93 | 1.280 | |
3 | Liotatis – Zorbis (CYP) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 102 | 114 | 0.895 | Ranking of third-placed teams |
4 | Malosa – Issac (TUV) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 83 | 126 | 0.659 |
Qualified for the Quarterfinals |
30 July 2022 19:00 |
O'Dea – Fuller (NZL) | 2–0 | Liotatis – Zorbis (CYP) | Smithfield |
(21–18, 21–13) Report |
1 August 2022 14:30 |
Bello – Bello (ENG) | 2–0 | Liotatis – Zorbis (CYP) | Smithfield |
(21–11, 21–18) Report |
3 August 2022 14:30 |
Liotatis – Zorbis (CYP) | 2–0 | Malosa – Issac (TUV) | Smithfield |
(21–13, 21–17) Report |
- Quarterfinals
5 August 2022 19:00 |
Dearing – Schachter (CAN) | 2–0 | Liotatis – Zorbis (CYP) | Smithfield |
(21–9, 21–11) Report |
Women's tournament
[edit]Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Artacho – Clancy (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 126 | 62 | 2.032 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Konstantopoulou – Nyström (CYP) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.000 | 111 | 84 | 1.321 | |
3 | Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 40 | 84 | 0.476 | Ranking of third-placed teams |
4 | Armstrong – Chase (TTO) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 37 | 126 | 0.294 |
Qualified for the Quarterfinals |
31 July 2022 19:00 |
Konstantopoulou – Nyström (CYP) | 2–0 | Armstrong – Chase (TTO) | Smithfield |
(21–7, 21–17) Report |
2 August 2022 19:00 |
Konstantopoulou – Nyström (CYP) | 2–0 | Bandara – Weerasinghe (SRI) | Smithfield |
(21–8, 21–10) Report |
4 August 2022 14:30 |
Artacho – Clancy (AUS) | 2–0 | Konstantopoulou – Nyström (CYP) | Smithfield |
(21–14, 21–13) Report |
- Quarterfinals
5 August 2022 15:30 |
Pata – Toko (VAN) | 2–0 | Konstantopoulou – Nyström (CYP) | Smithfield |
(29–27, 30–28) Report |
Boxing
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Rafail Pafios | Light middleweight | Mohlerepe (LES) L 0 - 5 |
did not advance | ||||
Odysseas Atmatzidis | Middleweight | T-Hallett (COK) W 5 - 0 |
Mbundwike (TAN) L 2 - 3 |
did not advance |
Cycling
[edit]Road
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Alexandros Agrotis | Road race | 3:37:08 | 24 |
Andreas Miltiadis | 3:42:43 | 71 | |
Andreas Miltiadis | Time trial | 49:50.49 | 10 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Antri Christoforou | Road race | 2:44:46 | 9 |
Time trial | 45:08.55 | 21 |
Mountain Biking
[edit]Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Christos Philokyprou | Men’s cross-country | did not finish |
Gymnastics
[edit]Artistic
[edit]- Men
- Team Final & Individual Qualification
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||
Georgios Angonas | Team | 11.800 | 13.800 | 13.250 | 74.200 | 17 Q | |||
Michalis Chari | 11.050 | 11.200 | — | 13.700 | 12.750 | — | |||
Ilias Georgiou | — | 12.850 | 13.350 Q | — | 14.300 Q | 14.150 Q | — | ||
Marios Georgiou | 12.700 | 13.850 Q | 12.950 | 14.150 | 14.350 Q | 13.900 Q | 81.900 | 3 Q | |
Sokratis Pilakouris | 12.200 | — | 14.400 Q | — | |||||
Total | 36.700 | 37.900 | 40.700 | 41.650 | 41.400 | 41.300 | 239.650 |
- Individual Finals
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||
Georgios Angonas | All-around | 12.250 | 12.550 | 11.850 | 13.750 | 12.550 | 12.950 | 75.900 | 13 |
Ilias Georgiou | Rings | — | WD | — | Withdrew | ||||
Parallel bars | — | 13.600 | — | 13.600 | 6 | ||||
Horizontal bar | — | 14.466 | 14.466 | ||||||
Marios Georgiou | All-around | 13.050 | 13.900 | 13.350 | 13.650 | 14.250 | 13.550 | 81.750 | |
Pommel horse | — | 13.166 | — | 13.166 | 7 | ||||
Parallel bars | — | 14.533 | — | 14.533 | |||||
Horizontal bar | — | 14.133 | 14.133 | ||||||
Sokratis Pilakouris | Rings | — | 14.300 | — | 14.300 |
- Women
- Individual Qualification
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
V | UB | BB | F | ||||
Tatiana Bachurina | Qualification | 11.550 | 11.600 | 10.100 | 10.600 | 43.850 | 22 Q |
- Individual Finals
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
V | UB | BB | F | ||||
Tatiana Bachurina | All-around | 11.750 | 10.900 | 11.200 | 10.750 | 44.600 | 16 |
Rhythmic
[edit]- Team Final & Individual Qualification
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | ||||
Neofyta Mavrikiou | Team | 23.850 | 23.700 | 91.300 | 21 | ||
Anastasia Pingou | 24.850 | 25.900 | 24.050 | 25.300 | 100.100 | 19 Q | |
Anna Sokolova | 28.800 Q | 27.850 Q | 28.200 Q | 28.100 Q | 112.950 | 1 Q | |
Total | 53.650 | 77.600 | 75.950 | 53.400 | 260.600 | 5 |
- Individual Finals
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | ||||
Anastasia Pingou | All-around | 24.400 | 24.500 | 24.400 | 22.900 | 96.200 | 15 |
Anna Sokolova | All-around | 28.700 | 27.800 | 28.000 | 27.600 | 112.100 | |
Hoop | 28.300 | — | 28.300 | ||||
Ball | — | 28.800 | — | 28.800 | |||
Clubs | — | 27.300 | — | 27.300 | 7 | ||
Ribbon | — | 24.600 | 24.600 | 8 |
Judo
[edit]Cyprus entered six judoka (five men and one woman). Georgios Balarjishvili won Cyprus' first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in the sport of judo.[7]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final/BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Petros Christodoulides | -60 kg | Williams (SLE) W 10 - 00 |
Tsala Tsala (CMR) W 10 - 01 |
Zulu (ZAM) W 01 - 00 |
Hall (ENG) L 00 - 10 |
— | Yadav (IND) L 00 - 10 |
5 |
Georgios Balarjishvili | -66 kg | — | Nash (NIR) W 10 - 00 |
Katz (AUS) W 01 - 00 |
Short (SCO) W 01 - 00 |
— | Allan (SCO) W 01 - 00 |
|
Dato Matsoukatov | -73 kg | — | Mahit (VAN) W 10 - 00 |
Green (NIR) W 10 - 00 |
Njie (GAM) L PEN |
— | Majeed (MAS) L 00 - 10 |
5 |
Odysseas Georgakis | -81 kg | — | Fleming (NIR) L 00 - 01 |
did not advance | 9 | |||
Giannis Antoniou | +100 kg | — | Takayawa (FIJ) W 10 - 00 |
Deschenes (CAN) L 00 - 10 |
Did not advance | McWatt (SCO) L 00 - 10 |
Did not advance | 7 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final/BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Sofia Asvesta | -52 kg | Renicks (SCO) W 10 - 00 |
Eastonn (AUS) L 00 - 10 |
Did not advance | Griesel (RSA) L 00 - 01 |
Did not advance | 7 |
Swimming
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Christos Manoli | 50 m freestyle | 24.87 | 47 | did not advance | |||
Markos Iakovidis | 23.72 | 26 | did not advance | ||||
Christos Manoli | 100 m freestyle | 53.18 | 43 | did not advance | |||
200 m freestyle | 1:56.16 | 27 | — | did not advance | |||
Filippos Iakovidis | 50 m backstroke | 26.15 | 21 | did not advance | |||
Sofoklis Mougis | 26.40 | 23 | did not advance | ||||
Sofoklis Mougis | 100 m backstroke | 58.09 | 23 | did not advance | |||
Markos Iakovidis | 50 m breaststroke | 28.78 | 21 | did not advance | |||
Panayiotis Panaretos | 28.46 | 17 | did not advance | ||||
Panayiotis Panaretos | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.83 | 16 Q | 1:02.76 | 16 | did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Anna Hadjiloizou | 50 m freestyle | 25.44 | 9 Q | 25.56 | 10 Q | did not advance | |
100 m freestyle | 56.48 | 16 Q | 56.92 | 16 | did not advance |
Table tennis
[edit]Cyprus accepted a Bipartite Invitation for the para table tennis competition and selected Pantelis Kailis to compete.[8]
- Singles
Athletes | Event | Group stage | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Charbel Elias | Men's singles | Crea (SEY) W 4 - 0 |
Evan (WAL) L 0 - 4 |
— | 2 | did not advance | |||||
Marios Yiangou | Jones (RSA) W 4 - 0 |
Chen (CAN) L 2 - 4 |
— | 2 | did not advance | ||||||
Iosif Elia | McCreery (NIR) L 1 - 4 |
Sultan (SEY) W 4 - 3 |
— | 2 | did not advance | ||||||
Panteleimon Kailis | Men's singles C8–10 | Agunbiade (NGR) L 0 - 3 |
Chee (MAS) L 0 - 3 |
Stacey (WAL) L 0 - 3 |
4 | — | did not advance | ||||
Foteini Meletie | Women's singles | Chung (TTO) W 4 - 3 |
Bardsley (ENG) L 1 - 4 |
— | 2 | did not advance |
- Doubles
Athletes | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Christos Savva Iosif Elia |
Men's doubles | Bye | Desai / Shetty (IND) L 0 - 3 |
Did not advance | ||||
Marios Yiangou Charbel Elias |
Bye | Abiodun / Aruna (NGR) L 0 - 3 |
Did not advance | |||||
Marios Yiangou Foteini Meletie |
Mixed doubles | Wykes / Silcock (JEY) L 1 - 3 |
Did not advance |
- Team
Athletes | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Charpel Elias Iosif Elia Christos Savva Marios Yiangou |
Men's team | Ghana (GHA) W 3 - 1 |
South Africa (RSA) W 3 - 1 |
Nigeria (NGR) L 0 - 3 |
2 Q | England (ENG) L 0 - 3 |
did not advance |
Triathlon
[edit]- Individual
Athlete | Event | Swim (750 m) | Trans 1 | Bike (20 km) | Trans 2 | Run (5 km) | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panayiotis Antoniou | Men's | 9:57 | 1:01 | 29:13 | 0:22 | 17:53 | 58:26 | 28 |
Stavri Pericleous | Women's | 11:02 | 1:36 | 37:55 | 0:40 | 19:23 | 1:10:36 | 29 |
Weightlifting
[edit]Athlete | Event | Weight Lifted | Total | Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Snatch | Clean & jerk | ||||
Antonis Martasidis | Men's -96 kg | 150 | NM | DNF |
Wrestling
[edit]Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
- PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Charalampos Choiras | Men's -86 kg | Eslami (ENG) L 4 - 6 |
did not advance | 10 | |||
Alexios Kaouslidis | Men's -125 kg | Bye | Grewal (IND) L 1 - 10 |
did not advance | 8 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2022 Commonwealth Games baton to arrive in Kenya November". Parikiaki. 7 October 2021. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Σημαιοφόροι στην τελετή έναρξης των 22ων Κοινοπολιτειακών Αγώνων οι Μάριος Γεωργίου και Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου #birmingham2022, #teamcyprus2022" [Marios Georgiou and Zoe Konstantopoulou were the flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 22nd Commonwealth Games #birmingham2022, #teamcyprus2022]. www.facebook.com/ (in Greek). Cyprus Olympic Committee. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Chef de Mission | Cyprus". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. 13 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games European Qualifiers – recap". SVA. 28 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Teams from Cyprus punch double ticket to Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at European Qualifiers in Edinburgh". CEV. 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Beach Volleyball Line-Up Confirmed For Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIVB. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Georgios Balarjishvili Wins First Ever Commonwealth Games Gold for Cyprus". www.judoinside.com/. Judo Inside. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
Balarjishvili claimed the first ever gold for Cyprus in the Commonwealth Games judo history.
- ^ "Η Προσπαθεια για προωθηση του [...]" (in Greek). Cyprus Table Tennis Association (Facebook). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.