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Pavlos Kontides

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Pavlos Kontides (Greek: Παύλος Κοντίδης, born 11 February 1990) is a Cypriot sailor. He became the first Cypriot athlete ever to win an Olympic medal for his country, by winning the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class behind Tom Slingsby, then twelve years later in Paris getting another medal of the same color behind Australia's Matthew Wearn. He won the International Sports Prize World Athlete of the Year award in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pavlos Kontides has received more than 82,697 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Pavlos Kontides is the 5,417th most popular athlete (down from 3,671st in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Cyprus (down from 66th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Cypriot Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pavlos Kontides ranks 5,417 out of 6,025Before him are Helen Langehanenberg, Fátima Gálvez, Sebastián Crismanich, Funa Nakayama, Khrystyna Stuy, and Tom Boon. After him are Ana Cabecinha, Draško Brguljan, Piotr Nowakowski, Andrija Zlatić, Daniel Böhm, and Brooke Pratley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Pavlos Kontides ranks 1,073Before him are Édgar Méndez, Mélanie René, Marc Vales, Han Xinyun, Gnonsiane Niombla, and Tom Boon. After him are Hayle Ibrahimov, Álex Martínez, Tessa Violet, Darío Lezcano, Kristin Gierisch, and Adrien Petit.

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In Cyprus

Among people born in Cyprus, Pavlos Kontides ranks 75 out of 77Before him are Pieros Sotiriou (1993), Constantinos Makrides (1982), Hovig Demirjian (1989), Grigoris Kastanos (1998), Aleksandr Zuyev (null), and Konstantinos Laifis (1993). After him are Giorgos Merkis (1984), Eleni Artymata (1986), Georgios Efrem (1989), Demetris Christofi (1988), Marios Georgiou (1997), and Giannis Karagiannis (1994).

Among ATHLETES In Cyprus

Among athletes born in Cyprus, Pavlos Kontides ranks 3Before him are Kyriakos Ioannou (1984), and Aleksandr Zuyev (null). After him are Eleni Artymata (1986), Apostolos Parellis (1985), Andri Eleftheriou (1984), Li Meng (null), Marilena Makri (2002), and Natasa Lappa (null).