ACHILLEOS Georgios

Date of Birth: 24 Dec 1980

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'8''

Place of birth: LONDON

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	Skeet Men	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges	Skeet Men's Qualification - Day 1	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges	Skeet Men's Qualification - Day 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Skeet
2012	London, GBR	11
2008	Beijing, CHN	5
2004	Athens, GRE	9
2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	23

World Championships

Year	Location	Skeet	Skeet - Team
2019	Lonato, ITA	7	2
2018	Changwon, KOR	13	-
2017	Moscow, RUS	3	-
2015	Lonato, ITA	15	-
2014	Granada, ESP	80	-
2013	Lima, PER	11	-
2011	Belgrade, SRB	9	-
2010	Munich, GER	3	1
2009	Maribor, SLO	2	-
2007	Nicosia, CYP	1	1
2006	Zagreb, CRO	18	-
2001	Cairo, EGY	-	2

European Championships

Year	Location	Skeet	Skeet - Team	Skeet - Team X
2021	Osijek, CRO	2	1	14
2019	Lonato, ITA	30	-	-
2018	Leobersdorf, AUT	13	-	-
2017	Baku, AZE	16	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	Skeet	Skeet - Team	Skeet - Team X
2021	Osijek, CRO	2	1	14
2019	Lonato, ITA	30	-	-
2018	Leobersdorf, AUT	13	-	-
2017	Baku, AZE	16	-	-

World Cup Final

Year	Location	Skeet
2017	New Delhi, IND	6

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Skeet	Skeet - Team
2021	1 x 6th, 1 x 42nd	1 x 6th
2020	1 x 5th	-
2019	1 x 31st, 1 x 36th, 1 x 37th	-
2018	1 x 47th	-
2017	1 x 2nd, 1 x 17th	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
2	2017	Skeet	Larnaca, CYP
5	2020	Skeet	Nicosia, CYP
6	2021	Skeet	Cairo, EGY
6	2021	Men's Skeet - Team	Lonato, ITA
17	2017	Skeet	New Delhi, IND
31	2019	Skeet	Changwon, KOR
36	2019	Skeet	Lahti, FIN
37	2019	Skeet	Al Ain, UAE
42	2021	Skeet	Lonato, ITA
47	2018	Skeet	Changwon, KOR

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

George (georgeachilleos.net, 01 Jun 2013)

Occupation:

Economics, Mathematics - Lanitio Lyceum, Limassol, CYP

Languages spoken:

Paphos Shooting Club [SKOPAF] [Cyprus]

Antonis Andreou [national], CYP

Right eye, right hand (ISSF, 24 Sep 2013)

He took up shooting at age 15. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2000)

His father introduced him to the sport. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2000)

To compete at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. (alphanews.live, 19 Jan 2021)

Philosophy:

"Winning starts in the mind." (status-magazine.eu, 12 Apr 2012)

In 2021 he was awarded the Glafcos Clerides trophy as best male athlete of the year by the Cyprus Olympic Committee. (Instagram profile, 25 Jun 2021; philenews.com, 25 Jun 2021)

He was named 2007, 2010, and 2020 Male Shooter of the Year by the Cyprus Sports Writers' Association [EAK]. (shootandgoal.cyprustimes.com, 08 Apr 2021; gipedo.politis.com.cy, 08 Apr 2021; aipsmedia.com, 02 Feb 2008)

He was the flag bearer for Cyprus at the opening ceremonies of the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. (olympic.org.cy, 23 Mar 2018; GNS, 24 Jul 2014)

In 2017 he was named Male Athlete of the Year by the Cyprus Shooting Sport Federation [SKOK]. (nicosiashootingclub.org, 07 Nov 2017)

He was flag bearer for Cyprus at the opening ceremonies of the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. (georgeachilleos.net, 01 Jun 2013)

General Interest

General
PARIS TARGET
He says he aims to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, given the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo into 2021. "With the postponement of the Tokyo Games for a year due to the [COVID-19] pandemic, the next Olympic cycle became three years and at this stage [speaking in 2021] it is a given that I will enter it as well. My goal is to compete both in Tokyo and in Paris 2024." (alphanews.live, 19 Jan 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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