Apostolos Parellis

Birth dateJul 24, 1985

BirthplaceLimassol, Cyprus

Height1.86 m

Weight110 kg

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 66.32 m (217 ft 7 in) since October 2019.

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 66.32m. mark was set in October 2019 at world championships Doha, Qatar.

Personal bests

66.32

Performance Charts

Season bests

Season	Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Trend	Competitions
2025	DT	58.54	-	Jul 5, 2025	↓	KNOSEIA Athletics Meeting
2024	DT	62.61	-	May 11, 2024	↓	Tripolis Throws Festival
2023	DT	62.10	-	Aug 19, 2023	↓	World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023, Hősök tere, Budapest
2022	DT	65.54	-	May 10, 2022	↓	Limassol International
2021	DT	62.11	-	Jul 30, 2021	↓	The XXXII Olympic Games
2020	DT	59.86	-	Aug 7, 2020	↓	Cyprus Championships
2019	DT	66.32	-	Sep 30, 2019	↓	IAAF World Championships in Athletics
2018	DT	63.62	-	Aug 8, 2018	↓	European Athletics Championships
2017	DT	65.13	-	Jul 20, 2017	↓	Limassol (CYP)
2016	DT	65.69	-	May 28, 2016	↓	Iraklio (GRE)
2015	DT	65.04	-	Mar 14, 2015	↓	Leiria European Cup Winter Throwing, Leiria - Senior Events
2014	DT	63.89	-	May 17, 2014	↓	Lefkosia (CYP)
2013	DT	62.48	-	Mar 8, 2013	↓	Lefkosia (CYP)
2012	DT	65.36	-	Jun 3, 2012	↓	Chania (GRE)
2011	DT	61.44	-	Aug 21, 2011	↓	National Stadium, Shenzhen (CHN)
2010	DT	61.92	-	Jul 16, 2010	↓	Lefkosia (CYP)
2009	DT	61.07	-	Jul 12, 2009	↓	Beograd (SRB)
2008	DT	54.88	-	Jun 22, 2008	↓	Banská Bystrica (SVK)
2007	DT	58.16	-	Jul 14, 2007	↓	Debrecen European U23 Championships
2006	DT	53.77	-	Jun 11, 2006	↓	Trikala (GRE)
2005	DT	50.88	-	Jul 6, 2005	↓	Tel Aviv (ISR)

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
DT	62.40	-	Jun 30	Cyprus Championships, GPS Stadium, Nicosia
DT	62.53	-	Jun 8	European Athletics Championships, Stadio Olimpico, Roma
DT	62.13	-	Jun 8	European Athletics Championships, Stadio Olimpico, Roma
DT	62.53	-	Jun 7	European Athletics Championships, Stadio Olimpico, Roma
DT	62.13	-	Jun 7	European Athletics Championships, Stadio Olimpico, Roma
DT	60.56	-	May 26	Balkan Championships, Atatürk Stadyumu, Izmir
DT	62.11	-	May 19	GRAND SLAM - Jerusalem, Givat Ram Stadium, Jerusalem
DT	62.05	-	May 17	Cyprus International Athletics Meeting, Tsirio Stadium, Limassol
DT	62.61	-	May 11	Tripolis Throws Festival

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
DT	63.32	-	Aug 19	European Athletics Championships, Olympiastadion, München
DT	61.95	-	Aug 17	European Athletics Championships, Olympiastadion, München
DT	61.95	-	Aug 15	European Athletics Championships, Olympiastadion, München
DT	63.32	-	Aug 15	European Athletics Championships, Olympiastadion, München
DT	62.08	-	Aug 4	XXII Commonwealth Games, Alexander Stadium, Birmingham
DT	57.99	-	Aug 2	XXII Commonwealth Games, Alexander Stadium, Birmingham
DT	62.46	-	Jul 17	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
DT	62.46	-	Jul 15	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
DT	63.59	-	Jul 3	XIX Mediterranean Games, Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran
DT	63.59	-	Jul 1	XIX Mediterranean Games, Stade Complexe Olympique, Oran
DT	61.32	-	Jun 26	Cyprus Championships, Tsirio Stadium, Limassol
DT	61.58	-	Jun 19	Balkan Championships, Stadionul de atletism "Nicolae Mărășescu", Craiova
DT	62.43	-	Jun 14	Kladno hází a Kladenské Memoriály 2022, Mestský Stadion Sletište, Kladno
DT	59.41	-	Jun 12	Sollentuna GP, Sollentunavallen, Sollentuna
DT	61.95	-	Jun 4	Knosia Meeting, Pankritio Stadium, Iraklio
DT	65.54	-	May 10	Limassol International

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
DT	58.13	-	Aug 3	Cyprus Championships, GPS Stadium, Nicosia
DT	58.54	-	Jul 5	KNOSEIA Athletics Meeting

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
DT	62.10	-	Aug 26	World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023, Hősök tere, Budapest
DT	62.10	-	Aug 19	World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023, Hősök tere, Budapest
DT	61.88	-	Jul 23	Balkan Championships, Atletski Stadion, Kraljevo
DT	61.40	-	Jul 9	Cyprus Championships, GPS Stadium, Nicosia
DT	56.19	-	Jun 3	Trond Mohn Games, Fana Stadion, Bergen
DT	60.95	-	May 28	Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athletisme de Rabat, Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat - Diamond Discipline
DT	58.46	-	May 25	Cyprus International Athletics Meeting

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
DT	62.11	-	Aug 8	The XXXII Olympic Games
DT	62.11	-	Jul 30	The XXXII Olympic Games
DT	59.27	-	Jun 20	European Athletics Team Championships Third League, Tsirio Stadium, Limassol
DT	60.68	-	Jun 9	Cyprus Championships, Tsirio Stadium, Limassol
DT	61.09	-	Jun 5	Hungarian GP Series Tatabánya, Grosics Gyula Stadion, Tatabánya
DT	61.90	-	Jun 3	Liese Prokop Memorial, Sportzentrum Niederösterreich, St. Pölten
DT	59.75	-	May 26	9th Kostas Spanidis Memorial, Kaftanzoglio throws auxiliary field, Thessaloniki

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
DT	66.32	-	Sep 30	IAAF World Championships in Athletics
DT	66.32	-	Sep 28	IAAF World Championships in Athletics
DT	64.50	-	Sep 28	IAAF World Championships in Athletics
DT	62.48	-	Aug 11	European Athletics Team Championships Second League, Stadion ŠC Sloboda, Varaždin
DT	62.48	-	Aug 10	European Athletics Team Championships Second League, Stadion ŠC Sloboda, Varaždin
DT	61.44	-	Jul 24	National Permit Meeting, Novo Mesto
DT	64.47	-	Jun 29	Knossia, Iraklio
DT	63.00	-	Jun 25	Meeting Elite de Montgeron, Montgeron

Apostolos Parellis

Personal bests

Performance Charts

Season bests

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

Honours