Pavlos Kontides
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| Nationality | Cyprus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1990 Limassol, Cyprus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. On Tuesday 19 of September 2017, Kontides took the 1st place in 2017 ILCA World Championship in Split, Croatia, becoming a World Champion. He won the championship again in 2018, as well as silver in 2013, 2022 and 2025.