Η Πάφος αριθμό ένα προορισμό για μαραθωνοδρόμους στην Κύπρο

    Paphos number one destination for marathoners in Cyprus

Λίγες μέρες πριν ο Σύλλογος Στέλιου Κυριακίδη είχε συνάντηση με τον Δήμαρχο του Μαραθώνα κον Σπύρο Ζαγάρη  για να οργανώσουν έναν μαραθώνιο που θα κάνει την πόλη της Πάφου αριθμό ένα προορισμό για μαραθωνοδρόμους στην Κύπρο.

Few days ago stelios kyriakidis Running Club had a meeting with Mayor Mr Spiros Zagaris of Marathonas to organise a marathon in paphos that will make the city of paphos number one destination for marathoner Runners. 

Mayor Spiros Zagaris of Marathonas

  Mayor Spiros Zagaris of Marathonas

 April 17, 2008 — Dimitris Kyriakides, son of the 1946 BAA Marathon winner, Spyros Zagaris, Mayor of Marathon, Greece, Hopkinton's "Twin City," and Maria Polyzou and Nikos Polias, Women's and Men's Marathon Champions pose with the Flame today at the Senior Center for the John Hancock Day celebration.

sen-john-kerry-flame-marathon-kathleen-culler Senator John Kerry, 

Spyros Zagaris, Dimitri Kyriakites prior to the start of the 112th Boston Marathon in 2008

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Members of Stelios Kyrikaides Running Club  With 

Mr, Spiros Zagaris Mayor of Marathonas

Special thanks to Mr, Spiros Zagaris Mayor of Marathonas for his visit to Cyprus and to Paphos and we hope that paphos will host the biggest marathon event in cyprus soon. With the help of Stelios Kyriakides Running Club and the Peopel of paphos and all the marathon runners in cyprus.

Issued By N.G 

Dimitri Kyriakides

Dimitri is the worldwide Good-will-Ambassador for the municipality of Marathon Greece promoting the history of the city and that of the marathon run. (please google Dimitris Kyriakides for further information)

He is an honorary citizen of the cities of MARATHON Greece and HOPKINTON Massachusetts USA

And he is closely involved with the organizers of the ATHENS CLASSIC MARATHON

Mr Kyriakidies is involved with 15 marathon races around the world, including Boston, Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC, Athens, Shanghai, Xiamen, Xian, Zhengzhou- Kaifeng, etc.

He created the MUSEUM OF MARATHON RUN in the city of Marathon Greece, and collaborated with the Mayor of Marathon Greece, to establish twin city relations with Hopkinton USA and Xia Men China where he is an honorary citizen.

Dimitris is fluent in English, Greek, Spanish and Portuguese.

At the Boston Marathon Starting Line,

 Hopkinton, MA TIm Kilduff, Spyros Zagaris and Dimitri Kyriakides

 Dimitri Kyriakides holding the Marathon Flame 

high on the starters platform at the 113th Boston Marathon in 2009

 Dimitri Kyiakides and Guy Morse, 

Executive Director Boston Athletic Association, 2009

Senator John Kerry, Spyros Zagaris, 

Dimitri Kyriakites prior to the start of the 112th Boston Marathon in 2008

For Video Regarding Mr. Dimitris Kyriakides Please Visit the Below Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m9jjCKAJa0

Kοπή βασιλόπιτας από το σωματείο 

Στέλιος Κυριακίδης Πάφος 1994

Πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 29/1/2014 η κοπή της Βασιλόπιτας του Σωματείου Στέλιου Κυριακίδη Πάφου στην Ταβέρνα Ανεμόμυλος με την παρουσία των δρομέων του συλλόγου μας, τον πρόεδρο κύριο Αγγελίδη και τον εκλεκτό προσκεκλημένο μας Δημήτρη Κυριακίδη (γιος του Στέλιου Κυριακίδη).

Ευχόμαστε μια υγιή χρονιά και καλή δύναμη σε όλους.

7ος Παγκύπριος και 17ος Ανοικτός Διεθνής Ημιμαραθώνιος σήμερα στα Περβόλια και ο Γ.Σ. Κόροιβος για πρώτη φορά κατάφερε να μαζέψει όχι 1 αλλά 3 βαθμούς! Μπράβο στους Chrysanthos Antoniou(5ος) και Panicos Neophytou(6ος) που βοήθησαν τον Κόροιβο και κατ' επέκταση τη μικρή μας Πάφο! 

Chrysanthos Antoniou(5ος)

Panicos Neophytou(6ος)

 Written by Doros Nicolaides

Στυλιανός Κυριακίδης: ένας αφανής Έλληνας ήρωας

Biography About Stelios Kyriakides 

He was born in Paphos, Cyprus

He returned to Greece, and survived the German occupation during World War II. With the Greek Civil War raging, he returned to win the 1946 Boston Marathon. According to a newspaper report, he was running with Johnny Kelley near the end, when an old man shouted from the crowd, "For Greece, for your children!" inspiring him to pull away and win the race in 2:29:27. According to Life magazine he shouted 'For Greece' as he crossed the finish line.Kyriakides competed for Greece in the 1936 Summer Olympics, placing 11th. He was invited by his friend and fellow Berlin marathoner,Johnny Kelley, to participate in the Boston Marathon in the late 1930s. On the day of the marathon he wore new shoes, which injured his feet and caused him to place poorly.

In 1948 he finished 18th in the Olympic marathon at the London Games.

A sculpture of Kyriakides called "The Spirit of the Marathon" was unveiled in Boston in 2004. It is at the 1 mile mark of the marathon in Hopkinton. It was commissioned by the Hopkinton Athletic Association and was dedicated in 2006 to mark the 60th anniversary of Kyriakides' victory in the 1946 race.

"The winner of the 50th Boston Marathon, Kyriakides used his victory as a call to action to aid his war and famine-ravaged homeland. Kyriakides, who narrowly escaped execution during World War II during the Nazi occupation of Greece, hadn't run in six years when he came to Boston in 1946, with the help of Greek-American benefactors. He was emaciated from the lack of food in war-ravaged Greece, and at one point was told by doctors in Boston he wouldn't be allowed to run because they were afraid he would die in the streets. That backdrop only added to the almost mythic race performance, in which Kyriakides came on at the end to defeat the defending champion and set the best time in the world for 1946. Nearly a million people greeted him on his return to Athens in May 1946, when he came back with boat loads of food, medicine, clothing and other essentials donated by Americans who read of his victory."