Cyprus (CYP) has sent athletes to every Olympic Games held since 1980, although the country has never won an Olympic medal. They had a near miss at the 2008 Olympics when Antonis Nikolaidis lost the bronze medal shoot-off in men's skeet. The first modern Olympian from Cyprus was actually Anastasios Andreou in 1896, who competed under the Greek flag. At this time, Cyprus was a British colony.

Because the so called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not internationally recognized, it has no Olympic committee. ^[1] Therefore, all Cypriot Olympians compete under the name and flag of the Republic of Cyprus.

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