Cyprus will take part in the 21st Commonwealth Games, which will be held on Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April with 47 athletes, 26 men and 21 women.

The Cypriot flag will be carried by skeet shooting athlete Giorgos Achilleos, who is the only one to have won a gold medal in Glasgow, while since 2006 he has won four gold and one silver medals.

Cyprus Olympic Committee Director General Olga Piperidou Chrysaphy will head the Cypriot mission to the Commonwealth Games.

Artistic Gymnastics: Marios Georgiou, Elias Georgiou, Erodotos Giorgallas, Michalis Krashias, Neophytos Kyriakou, Gloria Filassidis, Eleni Eliades

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Diamanto Evripidou, Eleni Ellina, Victoria Skitides

Swimming: Constantinos Hadjitooulis, Kalia Antoniou

Beech Volley: Demetris Apostolou, Giorgos Chrysostomou, Mariota Angelopoulou, Manolina Constantinou

Cycling: Andreas Miltiades, Andri Christophorou

Boxing: Andreas Kokkinos (75kg)

Wrestling: Alexis Kasoulides (97kg)

Shooting: Giorgos Achilleos, Giorgos Kazakos, Andreas Makri, Stephen Theodotou, Alexandros Christophorou, Panayiota Andreou, Andri Eleftheriou, Georgia Constantinidou, Panayiota Charalambous, Marilena Constantinou

Track & Field: Milan Traikovich, Nicholas Frangou, Vasilis Constantinou, Nikandros Stylianou, Apostolos Parellis Andreas Christou, Constantinos Stathelakos, Alexandros Poursanides, Amin Kantiri, Christos Demetriou, Eleni Artymata, Natalia Evangelidou, Nektaria Panagi, Maria Aristotelous, Ramona Papaioannou, Natalia Christophi, Androniki Lada.

Addressing a press conference Cyprus Olympic Committee President Dinos Michaelides said that the Commonwealth Games are one of the most important events Cyprus takes part in, adding that this will be Cyprus’ 10th participation and the third time in Australia for the Commonwealth Games.

“Cyprus will be represented once more in a great sports event, the second in size after the Olympic Games, where 70 Commonwealth countries and 6,600 take part,” he said.