Stylianos Kyriakides

Stelios Kyriakides
Personal information
NationalityGreek Cypriot
Born15 January 1910
Statos, near Paphos, Cyprus
Died10 December 1987 (aged 77)
Sport
SportAthletics
Eventmarathon


Stylianos "Stelios" Kyriakides (Greek: Στυλιανός «Στέλιος» Κυριακίδης; 15 January 1910 – 10 December 1987) was a Greek Cypriot marathon runner who came first at the Boston Marathon in 1946, with the aim of raising money to provide food and shelter to the Greeks, who were experiencing severe poverty after the Second World War and Greek Civil War.