Andreas Pheobus Kariolou ( el, Ανδρέας Φεοβος Καριόλου; born 24 November 1982) is a five-time Olympic
windsurfer from Cyprus, racing for Kyrenia Nautical Club
He accomplished thirteenth-place finishes at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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, and at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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, closely missing qualification into the medal race. At his third Olympics in
London
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, Cariolou improved further in the men's event, but suffered a few bad races, which affected his position in the overall rankings, and ultimately ended up in seventeenth place. In Rio 2016 Olympics he was again close to the top 10 mid championship, but he ended in 19th place.
After some time off, he returned to action in 2017 with a 16th place at the European Championship. In September 2019 he qualified for his 5th Olympic Games, which is an all-time record for Cyprus, being the first athlete from the island-nation to qualify for five Olympic Games.
A few highlights from his career:
3rd place World Championship-2005 - Italy
6th place European Championship 2011- Bulgaria
8th place- Sailing World Cup final 2019- France
Multiple medals in Athens Eurolymp sailing weeks
Multiple times finalist in World Sailing Cup events
14 consecutive years National champion
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1982 births
Living people
Cypriot windsurfers
Cypriot male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for Cyprus
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X
People from Nicosia District
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