Chief of State : Mr Demetris Christofias Head of Government :
Minister/ Secretary of State/ Chairman of agency responsible for sports : Dr Andreas Demetriou, Minister Chairman of the National Olympic Committee :
Chairman of the National Sports Confederation :
Land surface : 9 250 km²
Population : 0,8 million
Capital : Nicosia
Language : greek, turkish
Currency : euro
GDP per capita ($PPP) : 29,853 for the year 2008
Budget of State (2009): €7.63 bln Budget of the ministry responsible for sports: €44.3 mln Principal financing source for sport: Government National sports federations : 62 Sports people member of a club : 72,000 (athletes)
National and international political priorities in the sports sector (2009)
1. Sport and Health
2. Economics of Sport
3. Dual Training of athletes
4. Sport Organisation – Governance issues
Organisation of sport in the country (2009)
1. Cyprus Sport Organisation
2. Con Federation
3. Federation
4. Athletes
Results of the last Olympic Games Summer Games (Beijing, 2008) Total of available medals: none
Total of won medals: none ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold: none Silver: none Bronze:
Winter Games (Turin, 2006)
Total of available medals : none
Total of won medals: none ( … th by gold ranking)
Gold:none ; Silver: none; Bronze: none
World champion in 2009 (including non olympic sport):
3 Χ 2nd (Athletics, Shooting, Sailing)
European champion (in 2009): 2 X 1st (Sailing and Shooting Team)
3 X 2nd (Athletics, and Taekwondo)
6 X 3rd (Shooting Team, Swimming, Sailing, Taekwondo)
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