Pavlos Kontides is a Cypriot sailor, born on 11 February 1990, who became the first and only athlete to win an Olympic medal while competing for Cyprus. He won the silver medal in the Laser event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and, twelve years later, a second silver medal in the ILCA 7 competition at the 2024 Olympics. In 2012 he received the Giuseppe Sciacca International Awards Sports Prize, and in 2018 he was named World Sailor of the Year. He has also won the ILCA 7 World Championship twice, in 2017 and 2018.
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born 11 February 1990
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He won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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he won another silver medal in the ILCA 7 competition
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He won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Laser event
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