Cyprus at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Cyprus at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Cyprus.svg
CGF code CYP
CGA Cyprus Olympic Committee
Website olympic.org.cy (in Greek)
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors55 (37 men and 18 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearers Marios Georgiou
Zoi Konstantopoulou
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
6
Total
11
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.

Contents

Marios Georgiou and Zoi Konstantopoulou were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. [2]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Georgios Balarjishvili Judo Men's -66kg 1 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ilias Georgiou Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sokratis Pilakouris Gymnastics Men's rings 1 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Anna Sokolova Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 5 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Anna Sokolova Gymnastics Women's hoop 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Georgios Angonas
Michalis Chari
Ilias Georgiou
Marios Georgiou
Sokratis Pilakouris
Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 29 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marios Georgiou Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 31 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marios Georgiou Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 2 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marios Georgiou Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 2 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Alexandros Poursanidis Athletics Men's hammer throw 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anna Sokolova Gymnastics Women's ball 6 August

Competitors

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.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 6511
Badminton 022
Beach volleyball 224
Boxing 202
Cycling 314
Gymnastics 549
Judo 516
Swimming 516
Table tennis 516
Triathlon 112
Weightlifting 101
Wrestling 202
Total371855

Athletics

Men
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Milan Trajkovic 110 m hurdles 13.473 Q13.496
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistanceRankDistanceRank
Nikandros Stylianou Pole vault 5.254
Christos Tamanis 5.156
Christoforos Genethli Discus throw 57.4011 q57.8012
Apostolos Parellis 57.999 q62.087
Alexandros Poursanidis Hammer throw 73.97Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Natalia Christofi 100 m hurdles 13.425Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistanceRankDistanceRank
Despoina Charalambous High jump 1.7117did not advance
Filippa Fotopoulou Long jump 6.594 q6.478
Androniki Lada Discus throw 53.049
Chrystalla Kyriakou Hammer throw 62.097 q60.9711

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Eleni Christodoulou Women's singles ByeFlag of Singapore.svg  Yeo  (SGP)
L (12–21, 8–21)
Did not advance
Eva Kattirzi Flag of Cameroon.svg  Akoumba Ze  (CMR)
W (21–10, 21–11)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Nantuo  (GHA)
W (21–10, 21–8)
Flag of India.svg  Kashyap  (IND)
L (2–21, 7–21)
Did not advance
Eleni Christodoulou
Eva Kattirzi
Women's doubles Flag of South Africa.svg  Laurens Jordaan &
Scholtz  (RSA)
L (15–21, 14–21)
Did not advance

Beach volleyball

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]

AthletesEventPreliminary RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Antonios Liotatis
Charalambos Zorbis
Men's Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
L 0-2
Flag of England.svg  England
L 0-2
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu
W 2-0
3 qFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
L 0-2
Did not advance
Zoi Konstantopoulou
Manolina Konstantinou [7] [8]
Women's Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
W 2-0
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
W 2-0
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
L 0-2
2 QFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
L 0-2
Did not advance

Men's tournament

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  O'DeaFuller  (NZL)330660MAX126971.299 Quarterfinals
2Flag of England.svg  BelloBello  (ENG)3215422.000119931.280
3Flag of Cyprus.svg  LiotatisZorbis  (CYP)3124240.5001021140.895 Ranking of third-placed teams
4Flag of Tuvalu.svg  MalosaIssac  (TUV)3033060.000831260.659
Qualified for the Quarterfinals
30 July 2022
19:00
Flag of New Zealand.svg  O'DeaFuller  (NZL)2–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  LiotatisZorbis  (CYP)Smithfield
(21–18, 21–13)
Report

1 August 2022
14:30
Flag of England.svg  BelloBello  (ENG)2–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  LiotatisZorbis  (CYP)Smithfield
(21–11, 21–18)
Report

3 August 2022
14:30
Flag of Cyprus.svg  LiotatisZorbis  (CYP)2–0Flag of Tuvalu.svg  MalosaIssac  (TUV)Smithfield
(21–13, 21–17)
Report
Quarterfinals
5 August 2022
19:00
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  DearingSchachter  (CAN)2–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  LiotatisZorbis  (CYP)Smithfield
(21–9, 21–11)
Report

Women's tournament

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Australia.svg  ArtachoClancy  (AUS)330660MAX126622.032 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Cyprus.svg  KonstantopoulouKonstantinou [7] [8]  (CYP)3215422.000111841.321
3Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  BandaraWeerasinghe  (SRI)3124240.50040840.476 Ranking of third-placed teams
4Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  ArmstrongChase  (TTO)3033060.000371260.294
Qualified for the Quarterfinals
31 July 2022
19:00
Flag of Cyprus.svg  KonstantopoulouKonstantinou [7] [8]  (CYP)2–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  ArmstrongChase  (TTO)Smithfield
(21–7, 21–17)
Report

2 August 2022
19:00
Flag of Cyprus.svg  KonstantopoulouKonstantinou [7] [8]  (CYP)2–0Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  BandaraWeerasinghe  (SRI)Smithfield
(21–8, 21–10)
Report

4 August 2022
14:30
Flag of Australia.svg  ArtachoClancy  (AUS)2–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  KonstantopoulouKonstantinou [7] [8]  (CYP)Smithfield
(21–14, 21–13)
Report
Quarterfinals
5 August 2022
15:30
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  PataToko  (VAN)2–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  KonstantopoulouKonstantinou [7] [8]  (CYP)Smithfield
(29–27, 30–28)
Report

Boxing

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rafail Pafios Light middleweight Flag of Lesotho.svg  Mohlerepe  (LES)
L 0 - 5
did not advance
Odysseas Atmatzidis Middleweight Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  T-Hallett  (COK)
W 5 - 0
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Mbundwike  (TAN)
L 2 - 3
did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Alexandros Agrotis Road race 3:37:0824
Andreas Miltiadis 3:42:4371
Andreas Miltiadis Time trial 49:50.4910
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Antri Christoforou Road race 2:44:469
Time trial 45:08.5521

Mountain Biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Christos Philokyprou Men’s cross-country did not finish

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team Final & Individual Qualification
AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
FPHRVPBHB
Georgios Angonas Team 11.80010.70012.60013.80012.05013.25074.20017 Q
Michalis Chari 11.05011.20013.70012.75011.500
Ilias Georgiou 12.85013.350 Q14.300 Q14.150 Q
Marios Georgiou 12.70013.850 Q12.95014.15014.350 Q13.900 Q81.9003 Q
Sokratis Pilakouris 12.20014.400 QDNS
Total36.70037.90040.70041.65041.40041.300239.650Bronze medal icon.svg
Individual Finals
AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
FPHRVPBHB
Georgios Angonas All-around 12.25012.55011.85013.75012.55012.95075.90013
Ilias Georgiou Rings WDWithdrew
Parallel bars 13.60013.6006
Horizontal bar 14.46614.466Gold medal icon.svg
Marios Georgiou All-around 13.05013.90013.35013.65014.25013.55081.750Bronze medal icon.svg
Pommel horse 13.16613.1667
Parallel bars 14.53314.533Bronze medal icon.svg
Horizontal bar 14.13314.133Bronze medal icon.svg
Sokratis Pilakouris Rings 14.30014.300Silver medal icon.svg
Women
Individual Qualification
AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
VUBBBF
Tatiana Bachurina Qualification 11.55011.60010.10010.60043.85022 Q
Individual Finals
AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
VUBBBF
Tatiana Bachurina All-around 11.75010.90011.20010.75044.60016

Rhythmic

Team Final & Individual Qualification
AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
HoopBallClubsRibbon
Neofyta Mavrikiou Team 23.65023.85023.70020.10091.30021
Anastasia Pingou 24.85025.90024.05025.300100.10019 Q
Anna Sokolova 28.800 Q27.850 Q28.200 Q28.100 Q112.9501 Q
Total53.65077.60075.95053.400260.6005
Individual Finals
AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
HoopBallClubsRibbon
Anastasia Pingou All-around 24.40024.50024.40022.90096.20015
Anna Sokolova All-around 28.70027.80028.00027.600112.100Silver medal icon.svg
Hoop 28.30028.300Silver medal icon.svg
Ball 28.80028.800Bronze medal icon.svg
Clubs 27.30027.3007
Ribbon 24.60024.6008

Judo

Cyprus entered six judoka (five men and one woman). Georgios Balarjishvili won Cyprus' first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in the sport of judo. [9]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal/BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Petros Christodoulides -60 kg Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Williams  (SLE)
W10 - 00
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Tsala Tsala  (CMR)
W10 - 01
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zulu  (ZAM)
W01 - 00
Flag of England.svg  Hall  (ENG)
L00 - 10
Flag of India.svg  Yadav  (IND)
L00 - 10
5
Georgios Balarjishvili -66 kg Ulster banner.svg  Nash  (NIR)
W10 - 00
Flag of Australia.svg  Katz  (AUS)
W01 - 00
Flag of Scotland.svg  Short  (SCO)
W01 - 00
Flag of Scotland.svg  Allan  (SCO)
W01 - 00
Gold medal icon.svg
Dato Matsoukatov -73 kg Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Mahit  (VAN)
W10 - 00
Ulster banner.svg  Green  (NIR)
W10 - 00
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Njie  (GAM)
LPEN
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Majeed  (MAS)
L00 - 10
5
Odysseas Georgakis -81 kg Ulster banner.svg  Fleming  (NIR)
L00 - 01
did not advance9
Giannis Antoniou +100 kg Flag of Fiji.svg  Takayawa  (FIJ)
W10 - 00
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Deschenes  (CAN)
L00 - 10
Did not advanceFlag of Scotland.svg  McWatt  (SCO)
L00 - 10
Did not advance7
Women
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal/BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sofia Asvesta -52 kg Flag of Scotland.svg  Renicks  (SCO)
W10 - 00
Flag of Australia.svg  Eastonn  (AUS)
L00 - 10
Did not advanceFlag of South Africa.svg  Griesel  (RSA)
L00 - 01
Did not advance7

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Christos Manoli 50 m freestyle 24.8747did not advance
Markos Iakovidis 23.7226did not advance
Christos Manoli 100 m freestyle 53.1843did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:56.1627did not advance
Filippos Iakovidis 50 m backstroke 26.1521did not advance
Sofoklis Mougis 26.4023did not advance
Sofoklis Mougis 100 m backstroke 58.0923did not advance
Markos Iakovidis 50 m breaststroke 28.7821did not advance
Panayiotis Panaretos 28.4617did not advance
Panayiotis Panaretos 100 m breaststroke 1:02.8316 Q1:02.7616did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Anna Hadjiloizou 50 m freestyle 25.449 Q25.5610 Qdid not advance
100 m freestyle 56.4816 Q56.9216did not advance

Table tennis

Cyprus accepted a Bipartite Invitation for the para table tennis competition and selected Pantelis Kailis to compete. [10]

Singles
AthletesEventGroup stageRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Charbel Elias Men's singles Flag of Seychelles.svg  Crea  (SEY)
W 4 - 0
Flag of Wales 2.svg  Evan  (WAL)
L 0 - 4
2did not advance
Marios Yiangou Flag of South Africa.svg  Jones  (RSA)
W 4 - 0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Chen  (CAN)
L 2 - 4
2did not advance
Iosif Elia Ulster banner.svg  McCreery  (NIR)
L 1 - 4
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Sultan  (SEY)
W 4 - 3
2did not advance
Panteleimon Kailis Men's singles C8–10 Flag of Nigeria.svg  Agunbiade  (NGR)
L 0 - 3
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Chee  (MAS)
L 0 - 3
Flag of Wales 2.svg  Stacey  (WAL)
L 0 - 3
4did not advance
Foteini Meletie Women's singles Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Chung  (TTO)
W 4 - 3
Flag of England.svg  Bardsley  (ENG)
L 1 - 4
2did not advance
Doubles
AthletesEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Christos Savva
Iosif Elia
Men's doubles ByeFlag of India.svg  Desai /
Shetty  (IND)
L 0 - 3
Did not advance
Marios Yiangou
Charbel Elias
ByeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Abiodun /
Aruna  (NGR)
L 0 - 3
Did not advance
Marios Yiangou
Foteini Meletie
Mixed doubles Flag of Jersey.svg  Wykes /
Silcock  (JEY)
L 1 - 3
Did not advance
Team
AthletesEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Charpel Elias
Iosif Elia
Christos Savva
Marios Yiangou
Men's team Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
W3 - 1
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
W3 - 1
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
L0 - 3
2 QFlag of England.svg  England
L0 - 3
did not advance

Triathlon

Individual
AthleteEventSwim (750 m)Trans 1Bike (20 km)Trans 2Run (5 km)TotalRank
Panayiotis Antoniou Men's 9:571:0129:130:2217:5358:2628
Stavri Pericleous Women's 11:021:3637:550:4019:231:10:3629

Weightlifting

AthleteEventWeight LiftedTotalRank
SnatchClean & jerk
Antonis Martasidis Men's -96 kg 150NMDNF

Wrestling

Key:

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Charalampos Choiras Men's -86 kg Flag of England.svg  Eslami  (ENG)
L 4 - 6
did not advance10
Alexios Kaouslidis Men's -125 kg ByeFlag of India.svg  Grewal  (IND)
L 1 - 10
did not advance8

See also

References

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  2. "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.
  3. "Chef de Mission | Cyprus". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. 13 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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  6. "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.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games begin on Thursday with the Opening Ceremony, with 55 athletes the Cypriot delegation". Parikiaki Cyprus and Cypriot News. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2025. in the Women's Beach Volleyball team Manolina Constantinou will replace Erika Nystrom, who was injured a few days ago
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Constantinou/Constantopoulou - Beach Volleyball - Entries: Manolina KONSTANTINOU / Zoi KONSTANTOPOULOU". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  9. "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.
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