Marios Hadjiandreou ( el, Μάριος Χατζηανδρέου; born September 19, 1962) is a

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who won gold medals in

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and Mediterranean Games. He won the gold medal in both the

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and

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Mediterranean Games. In

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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

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, in

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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

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and three gold medals in the

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in 1991, 1993, 1995.

International competitions

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by GSP Web Site * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadjiandreou, Marios 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