What is Cyprus at the Olympics?
{{infobox country at games | NOC = CYP | NOCname = [[Cyprus Olympic Committee]] | games = Olympics | year = | flagcaption = | oldcode = | website = {{url|www.olympic.org.cy }}&nbsp;{{in lang|el|en}} | location = | competitors = | sports = | flagbearer = | rank = | gold = 0 | silver = 1 | bronze = 0 | officials = | appearances = | app_begin_year = | app_end_year = | summerappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Cyprus|competition=Summer Olympics|begin_year=1980|end_year= }} | winterappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Cyprus|competition=Winter Olympics|begin_year=1980|end_year= }} | seealso = }} '''[[Cyprus]]''' (CYP) has sent [[Sportsperson|athletes]] to every [[Olympic Games]] held since 1980. Cyprus earned its first [[Olympic Games#Olympic champions and medalists|Olympic medal]] in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]. [[Pavlos Kontides]] earned a silver medal in the [[Sailing|men's laser sailing event]].<ref>{{cite web|title=EYES ON LONDON: Coe hears final lap bell, UK elated over golds, Cyprus gets first medal|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/eyes-on-london-coe-hears-final-lap-bell-uk-elated-over-golds-cyprus-gets-first-medal/2012/08/05/3d950ae4-def9-11e1-8d48-2b1243f34c85_story.html|access-date=6 August 2012|archive-date=11 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211171626/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/eyes-on-london-coe-hears-final-lap-bell-uk-elated-over-golds-cyprus-gets-first-medal/2012/08/05/3d950ae4-def9-11e1-8d48-2b1243f34c85_story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> They almost won a medal in the 2008 Olympics when [[Antonis Nikolaidis]] lost the bronze medal shoot-off in [[men's skeet]]. The first athlete from Cyprus in the modern Olympics was [[Anastasios Andreou]] in 1896. He competed under the [[Greece|Greek]] flag. At this time, Cyprus was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[colony]]. The olympics does not recognise [[Northern Cyprus]] and Turkish Cypriots are unable to participate. ==Related pages== * [[List of IOC country codes]] == Refer