RIP Marianna Zachariadi

Cypriot athlete, Marianna Zachariadi (23) passed away last night in a hospital in Athens after a 2 year battle with Cancer.

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In October 2010, Marianna (23) won poll vaulting silver medals at the Commonwealth Games (New Delhi) and the Mediterranean Games (Italy) before being diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma in 2011.

Our thanks go out to her for making us, as an island, proud and our prayers go out to her friends and family.