Graduate in Journalism from the Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh with “Distinction” (Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Media Production (Journalism) with Distinction)
Graduate of the “AKMI” Institute of Vocational Training in the specialisation of Sports Journalism
Key speaker in conferences, presentations, actions, universities, schools about the subject of Sports, Education, Health and Diet, as well as Professional Success in Cyprus, Greece and abroad (Coca-Cola, Hilton, Intersport, Nielsen, Httpool etc.)
Honorary candidate of the political party the “Democratic Rally” at the parliamentary elections of 2016 in Cyprus
Participation in the charity “Fashion Show” for the Larnaca Social Market
Key speaker and fellow companion in the charitable event “Walk with children for the children” in favour of the Centre of Preventive Medicine by the Cyprus Paediatric and Gynaecology Society and GlaxoSmithKline
Numerous awards by Sports and other Institutions, Associations and Teams, Political Parties, Municipalities and Communities, Organisations and Clubs, Universities, Schools, Students and Parents, Businesses and Unions in Cyprus and Greece
Paralympics Games
Gold Medals
100m breaststroke, Tokyo 2021
100m breaststroke, Beijing 2008
100m breaststroke, Athens 2004
Silver Medals
50m freestyle, Paris 2024
100m breaststroke, London 2012
Bronze Medals
100m breaststroke, Paris 2024
50m freestyle, Tokyo 2021
200m individual medley, Beijing 2008
World Championships
IBSA Swimming World Championship
Gold Medal
100m breaststroke, Sao Paolo 2007
200m breaststroke, Sao Paolo 2007
IPC Swimming World Championship
Gold Medal
100m breaststroke, Manchester 2023
100m breaststroke, Madeira 2022
50m freestyle, Madeira 2022
100m breaststroke, Mexico City 2017
100m breaststroke, Glasgow 2015
100m breaststroke, Montreal 2013
100m breaststroke, Eindhoven 2010
100m breaststroke, in a 25-metre swimming pool, Rio de Janeiro 2009
Silver Medal
100m individual medley, in a 25-meter swimming pool, Rio de Janeiro 2009
100m breaststroke, Buenos Aires 2002
Bronze Medal
50m freestyle, Manchester 2023
European Championships
IPC Swimming European Championship
Gold Medal
50m freestyle, Madeira 2024
100m breaststroke, Eindhoven 2014
100m breaststroke, Berlin 2011
Silver Medal
100m breaststroke, Madeira 2024
100m breaststroke, Madeira 2021
100m breaststroke, Dublin 2018
Bronze Medal
100m breaststroke, Madeira 2016
World Records
50m breaststroke SB11 – World Para Swimming World Series, Berlin 2021
50m freestyle S11 – Paralympic Games, Tokyo 2021
100m breastroke SB12 – Paralympic Games, London 2012
50m breaststroke S12 – German Open Championships, Berlin 2012
100m breaststroke S12 – IPC Swimming World Championships, Rio 2009
100m breaststroke – Summer Paralympic Games, Beijing 2008
100m breaststroke S12 – European Cup, Czech Republic 2008
100m breaststroke – German Open Swimming Championships, Germany 2008
200m breaststroke S12– 3rd World Championships and Games-IBSA, Brazil 2007
100m breaststroke S12 – European Cup “EUROWAVES”, Czech Republic 2007
100m breaststroke S12 – British Open Swimming Championship, Sheffield 2007
50m and 100m breaststroke S12 – British Open Championships & European Cup, Czech Republic 2006
50m S13 backstroke – European meeting, Czech Republic 2003
Ambassador
Ambassador of Cyprus “Youth on the Move” movement at the European Union
Ambassador of Cyprus “Stop Discrimination” movement at the European Union
Volunteering Ambassador of the Pan-Cyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council
Ambassador of Cyprus Tourism Organisation
Ambassador of Road Safety for the Limassol Traffic Police
Sports Ambassador of Cyprus in the “Be Active” European Week of Sport of the European Union
Other Awards
Excellence Award by the Cypriot Sports Writers in 2022
Honorary award from the House of Representatives and President Annita Dimitriou for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in 2021
Top Athlete of the Year of the British Commonwealth in all IPC sports at the “Commonwealth Elite Athletes Awards 2007” (annual sports awards of the British Commonwealth) in Glasgow in 2008
Among the three Top Athletes of the Year of the British Commonwealth in all IPC sports at the “Commonwealth Elite Athletes Awards 2010” in Birmingham in 2010
Awarded as one of the top Men and Women Athletes of the European Union member-states in 2008 by the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris
Congressional Certificate of Special Recognition by the US Congress in recognition of the gold medal of the 2004 Paralympic Games by the member of the US Congress Carolyn B. Maloney
Fourteen times Top Athlete of Cyprus in Paralympic Games, awarded by the Cyprus Sports Journalists Union from 2005 to 2020
“Stelios Kyriakides 2003” Prize by the Cyprus Sports Journalists Union
Three Awards of the Top Cypriot Athlete of the Year by the Hellenic Association of Sports Journalists (“PSAT”) in 2005, 2008 and 2011
Four times top “Woman-Athlete of the Year” in Cyprus at the “MADAME FIGARO” awards in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2012
Medal of “Moral Recognition, Distinction, Value and Honour of the Republic of Cyprus” by the President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias in 2009
Honorary Award by the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus for proudly representing Cyprus at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Gold medal of the town of Limassol (2004, 2008)
Other Achievements
Flagbearer of the Cyprus Team at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games (opening ceremony) and the Tokyo 2021 Paralympic Games (opening ceremony).
The first living Cypriot who appeared on a post stamp in 2005
Representation on a phone card of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority in 2004
The sport t-shirt which she wore at the ceremony of medal award at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games was sold for charity for 19,000 British pounds at the auction of the opening ceremony of the “Radiomarathonios” charity in 2004, which was held at the Gala Dinner at the London Hilton.
TV Appearances
Participation as the main guest in television clips for charitable, national and social purposes in Cyprus and the European Union:
“Youth on the Move” movement of the European Union
Natura 2000 Protected Sites of Cyprus, “Akamas”, within the context of the European Union LIFE program
Cyprus campaign to collect food in schools titled “Dinami Kyprion”
Campaign against cyber-bullying by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
Information campaign against social problems, “Food and Health” by the Ministry of Justice and Public Order, the Galastyle magazine and the teen newspaper “Click”
“Be Active” European Week of Sport of the European Union
Winner of the charity television show “DanSing for You 5” of the Cypriot channel MEGA to support the Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (PASYKAF)
Presentation of the 100 daily television shows “Antistrofi Metrisi, Beijing 2008” (i.e. “Countdown, Beijing 2008”) for the SIGMA channel
