Apostolos Parellis

Apostolos Parellis

Cypriot discus thrower Apostolos Parellis
Personal information
Born	(1985-07-24) July 24, 1985 (age 31) , Cyprus
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb) (2014)
Sport
Country	Cyprus
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Discus throw
Club	GSP
Coached by	Giorgos Georgiadis
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	65.69m. NR
Medal record Men's athletics Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 Discus throw European Athletics U23 Championships Debrecen 2007 Discus throw Games of the Small States of Europe Cyprus 2009 Discus throw Liechtenstein 2011 Discus throw Luxembourg 2013 Discus throw European Team Championships Second League 2008 Discus throw Third League 2010 Discus throw Third League 2011 Discus throw Second League 2013 Discus throw Second League 2009 Discus throw Third League 2014 Discus throw Second League 2015 Discus throw
Updated on 24 June 2015.

Apostolos Parellis (Greek: Απόστολος Παρέλλης, born July 24, 1985) is a Cypriot track and field athlete specializing in discus throw. He is the current Cypriot national record holder with 65.69 m (215 ft 6 in) since May 2016.

Parellis competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London narrowly missing a spot in the final after finishing 13th overall with an attempt of 63.48m., just seven centimetres shy of the 12th position that gave the ticket to the final. In the 2015 Athletics World Championships in Beijing, Apostolos clinched 6th spot in the world with a 64.55m. throw.

Since breaking the National Record in 2007 for the first time (57.81m.) at the age of 22, Parellis has been the islands top discus thrower, improving his personal best another eleven times. The 65.69m. mark was set in May 2016 at Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

Apostolos Parellis grew up at the village of at the west of the capital Nicosia. He attended the Anthoupoli Junior High and then the Technical School from which he graduated with a mark of 17,6/20. Parellis then went on to study Mechanical Engineering at the Frederick University and acquired the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in 2012 with a GPA of 3.87/4.
Coming from a sporting family, as a youngster Apostolos watched his father Lakis win many national titles at Rally driving and especially in the 2WD category. Racing is a family tradition that Demetris Parellis, Apostolos’ brother, continues today. Apostolos and Demetris also have a younger sister.

Apostolos Parellis’ first major sporting success came in 2002 at the age of 17, when he took 4th position in the discus event at the 2002 Gymnasiade at Caen, France.