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Following a variety of jobs he ended up as a ‘house-boy’ for Dr Cheverton, a British Medical Officer. An athlete himself, Cheverton encouraged the now 22-year old Kyriakides to start running, gave him his first running gear, coaching advice and taught him to speak English.

The runner

At his first Pan-Cyprian games in 1932, Kyriakides won both the 1,500 and 10,000 metres on Friday, followed by both the 5,000 and 20,000 metres on Sunday.

Hailed as a great talent, he was asked to run in the national championships in Greece, where he came first in the Marathon and second in the 10,000 metres.

He subsequently trained under the Hungarian Otto Simitchek, who was brought to Greece in 1929 to revive the Greek national track and field team.

Simitchek created the ‘Greek Dream Team’ of the 1930’s and 1940’s. Although Kyriakides was the youngest in the team, he was chosen by Simitchek to be the team captain, because of his serious approach and hone