By Christina Michailidis
Cyprus has a new world champion . He’s a 51-year-old powerlifter who trains after work in a Limassol gym. Ireneusz ‘Eric’ Aletorowicz, a Polish-born athlete who has lived in Cyprus for almost two decades, won gold at the 2025 GPC World Championships in Brazil.
His journey to the podium began unexpectedly. After arriving in Cyprus in 2006 for a two-week holiday, he decided to stay for good.
