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Stelios Kyriakides - A Marathon Legend
Following a variety of jobs he ended up as a ‘house-boy’ for Dr Cheverton, a British Medical Officer. An athlete himself, Cheverton encouraged the now year old Kyriakides to start running, gave him his first running gear, coaching advice and taught him to speak English.
The runner
At his first Pan-Cyprian games in , Kyriakides won both the 1, and 10, metres on Friday, followed by both the 5, and 20, metres on Sunday.
Stylianos kyriakides biography of william shakespeare
Hailed as a great talent, he was asked to run in the national championships in Greece, where he came first in the Marathon and second in the 10, metres.
He subsequently trained under the Hungarian Otto Simitchek, who was brought to Greece in to revive the Greek national track and field team.
Simitchek created the ‘Greek Dream Team’ of the ’s and ’s. Although Kyriakides was the youngest in the team, he was chosen by Simitchek to be the team captain, because of his serious approach and honest character.
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