Marios Hadjiandreou ( el, Μάριος Χατζηανδρέου; born September 19, 1962) is a
Cypriot
Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus.
* Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes:
**Armenian Cypriots
**Greek Cypriots
**Maronite Cypriots
**Turkish C ...
triple jumper
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
who won
gold medals in
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
and
Mediterranean Games.
He won the gold medal in both the
1987
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and
1991
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Mediterranean Games. In
1990
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, he became the first Cypriot to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, beating the English world class athlete
Jonathan Edwards who later became World Champion and Olympic champion.
He participated in the Olympic Games with
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
, in
1988
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, placing 21st with a 15.95m jump, and in
1992, placing 37th with a 15.64m jump. He was the
flag bearer for the Cyprus Olympic team on both occasions.
He was national champion 12 times and is the Cyprus Record holder with 17.13m since 1991. He won 12 times in the
European Cup (athletics) The European Cup is a former athletics competition for European teams that was replaced by the European Team Championships starting in 2009. The European Cup saw most of the major nations of Europe compete. Originally known as the Bruno Zauli Cup, ...
and three gold medals in the
Games of the Small States of Europe
The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) is a biennial multi-sport event, launched by the Republic of San Marino, organized by and featuring the National Olympic Committees of nine European small states since 1985. The Games are held at t ...
in 1991, 1993, 1995.
International competitions
References
External links
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Athletic portraitsby
GSP Web Site
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1962 births
Living people
Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Cyprus
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Cyprus
Olympic athletes of Cyprus
Cypriot triple jumpers
Cypriot male athletes
Male triple jumpers
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games