Olympian Antonakis Andreou, skeet shooter Eleni Artymata, track and field Marcos Baghdatis, tennis player Demetri Catrakilis, rugby player for Harlequins Constantinos Charalambidis, football player with Apoel Nicosia Dimitris Christofi, football player with Omonoia Nicosia Christodoulos Christodoulides, judoka Andrew Demetriou, Australian rules football player, CEO of the Australian Football League (AFL) Chris Dicomidis, Cypriot national rugby team Tio Ellinas, race car driver Savva Georgiou, football player Marios Hadjiandreou, triple jumper Oscar Heidenstam, bodybuilding champion Marcus Holden, Cypriot national rugby team Lazaros Iakovou, football player Andreas Ioannides, football player Kyriakos Ioannou, track and field Sotiris Kaiafas, former football player with Omonoia Nicosia and Golden Boot winner Prodromos Katsantonis, sprinter Michalis Konstantinou, football player with Omonoia Nicosia Pavlos Kontides, first Cypriot Olympic medalist Anthony Koutoufides, Australian rules footballer Stylianos Kyriakides, marathon runner Tom Loizides, Cypriot national rugby team Anninos Marcoullides, sprinter Elena Mousikou, archer Yılmaz Orhan, football player Dimitri Petrides, Latin American dance pioneer Costas Philippou, UFC fighter/ Boxer Meliz Redif, athlete Panagiotis Sierepeklis, volleyball player Andreas Sofokleous, footballer Andreas Tsiatinis, basketball player Garo Yepremian, former place kicker for the Miami Dolphins Karolina Pelendritou, golden para Olympics winner Writers Kutlu Adali, journalist Ulus Baker, non-fiction writer Urkiye Mine Balman, poet Neriman Cahit, poet and author Kaytazzade Mehmet Nazım, poet Kyriakos Charalambides, poet Demetris Th. Gotsis, poet and writer Dimitris Lipertis, poet Peter Lyssiotis, writer Niki Marangou, writer Pembe Marmara, poet Vasilis Michaelides, poet Nicos Nicolaides, writer and painter Michael Paraskos, novelist and art critic George Philippou Pierides, writer Michael Theodoulou, journalist Osman Türkay, poet and Nobel Prize for Literature nominee Sevgül Uludağ, journalist Mehmet Yaşın, poet Neşe Yaşın, poet Özker Yaşın, poet See also Culture of Cyprus Demographics of Cyprus References