Maria Lambrou ( el, Μαρία Λάμπρου; born 23 February 1953 in

Limassol Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population ...

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), also known by her

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Maroula Lambrou-Teloni ( el, Μαρούλα Λάμπρου-Τελώνη, links=no), is a

Greek-Cypriot Greek Cypriots or Cypriot Greeks ( el, Ελληνοκύπριοι, Ellinokýprioi, tr, Kıbrıs Rumları) are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community. According to the 2011 census, 659,115 r ...

athlete, best known as a long jumper. Lambrou is regarded by many as the greatest female athlete in Cypriot sports. Her personal best of 6.80 m in the

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, achieved on 24 May 1985 and personal best of 5319 points in heptathlon achieved on 3–4 September 1984 in Cyprus, are the national records. Lambrou participated three times in the Olympics: the

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(representing

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), 1980 Summer Olympics (representing

) and the 1988 Olympics (representing Cyprus). At that time, she held six national records in Cyprus ( 100 m, 200 m,

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, long jump, heptathlon, and high jump) and three national records in Greece (long jump, 100 m, and 100 m hurdles). Lambrou also holds the national record for indoor long jump (6.42 m), achieved on 7 February 1976 in

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. Representing Cyprus, she placed 6th in the long jump at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in

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. In 1985, at the

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, Lambrou broke five Cypriot records and won several medals. She jumped 6.80 m in the long jump, ran the 100 m in a time of 11.73 seconds, scored 5,062 in the heptathlon, finished the 200 m with a time of 24.39 seconds, and ran on the 4 x 100 metres relay team, which finished in 46.53 seconds, a Cypriot record. At those same games, she won the gold in the 100 m event with a time of 12.04 seconds and in the long jump with a leap of 6.30 m. At the Bruno Zauli Cup in Austria, Lambrou won the 100 m event.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lambrou, Maria 1953 births Living people Sportspeople from Limassol Greek female long jumpers Cypriot female long jumpers Cypriot female sprinters Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Olympic athletes for Greece Olympic athletes for Cyprus Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Cyprus Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Greek Cypriot people Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics