Apostolos Parellis (Greek: ?p?st???? ?a??????,born July 24, 1985) is a Cypriot track and field athlete specializing in discus throw.
He is the current Cypriot national record holder with 65.69 m (215 ft 6 in) since May 2016.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 65.69m.
mark was set in May 2016 at Heraklion, Crete, Greece.