Christodoulos Christodoulides (born August 22, 1976) is a

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ka who won the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In the final he was defeated by the Australian Tom Hill. He also represented Cyprus at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 73 kg class, but was eliminated by the Portuguese João Neto in the first round. Over his career, he won seven gold medals (two of them as part of a team) for Cyprus in the

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: in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2009. He was placed 5th and 7th in the

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1997 and 2001, 7th in the European Men's Championships 2003 in

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, and 9th in the World Men's Championship 2003 in

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, Japan. In 2004, he was 11th placed in the World Rank List for 73kg men. He is the only Cypriot Judoka who has won all categories in the National Championships, from 60kg to +100kg. He is now 5th IJF Dan and he is the Technical Director of the

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1976 births Living people Cypriot male judoka Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Cyprus Judoka at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Cyprus Commonwealth Games medallists in judo Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Cyprus-judo-bio-stub