Marios Athanasiadis (born 31 October 1986) is a Cypriot cross-country mountain biker. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 40th place, the last rider to finish without being lapped. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games he finished in 16th place in the men's cross-country.
He took up cycling at the age of 12, introduced to it by the man who would become his coach. His gold medal at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe was Cyprus's first in mountain biking. He was also the Cypriot Youth Ambassador at 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Major results MTB
2003 1st National Junior XCO Championships 2004 1st National XCO Championships 2005 2nd National XCO Championships 3rd Cross-country, Games of the Small States of Europe 2006 1st National XCO Championships 2007 2nd National XCO Championships 2008 1st National XCO Championships 2nd Balkan Under-23 XCO Championships 3rd Balkan XCO Championships 2009 1st Cross-country, Games of the Small States of Europe 2010 1st National XCO Championships 2011 2nd Cross-country, Games of the Small States of Europe 2013 2nd Cross-country, Games of the Small States of Europe
Road
2008 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2009 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 2010 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2011 National Road Championships 1st Time trial 3rd Road race 2012 National Road Championships 1st Time trial 2nd Road race 2013 National Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 2014 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 3rd Time trial
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