Antonis Nikolaidis

Antonis Nikolaidis
Personal information
Nationality  Cyprus
Born (1967-01-24) 24 January 1967
Islington, Greater London,
Great Britain
Residence Limassol, Cyprus[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Skeet (SK125)
Coached by Petr Malek[1]
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Cyprus
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpur SK125 (pairs)
2002 Manchester SK125 (pairs)
2006 Melbourne SK125 (pairs)
2002 Manchester SK125

Antonis Nikolaidis (Greek: Αντώνης Νικολαϊδης; born 24 January 1967 in Islington, Greater London, Great Britain) is a British-born Cypriot sport shooter.[2] He captured a total of seven medals (three silver and four bronze) in men's skeet shooting at the ISSF World Cup series, and shared titles with Costas Stratis at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and with Georgios Achilleos in the doubles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games.[1][3] Nikolaidis also competed for Cyprus in the same discipline in three editions of the Olympic Games (1992, 1996, and 2004), but he neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal.

Sixteen years after competing in his first Olympics, Nikolaidis qualified for his fourth Cypriot team, as a 41-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing second from the 2007 ISSF World Cup series in Changwon, South Korea.[1] He had finished on exactly the same score of 144 targets (120 in the preliminary rounds and 24 in the final) as France's Anthony Terras in men's skeet shooting, but narrowly lost the nation's first ever Olympic medal in a shoot-off by one point for a bonus of two.[4][5][6]

Olympic results

Olympic results
Event 1992 1996 2004 2008
Skeet 25th
145		 26th
118		 21st
119		 4th
120+24

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ISSF Profile – Antonis Nikolaidis". ISSF. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Antonis Nikolaidis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Cyprus achieves best ever performance in Commonwealth Games". Xinhua. People's Daily. 28 March 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's Skeet Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's Skeet Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Thrilling skeet gold for Hancock". BBC Sport. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
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