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Ilias Georgiou
Cypriot artistic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ilias Georgiou (born 29 June 1999) is a Cypriot artistic gymnast. He won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on the horizontal bar in addition to a bronze medal with the team.
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Gymnastics career
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Georgiou began gymnastics when he was six years old.[2] He competed at the 2016 Junior European Championships and finished 22nd in the all-around final.[3] He also qualified for the still rings final, finishing sixth.[4]
2018
Georgiou represented Cyprus at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, helping the team finish in fourth place. He qualified for the individual all-around final, finishing ninth.[5] He also finished seventh in both the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals.[6][7] He then competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and helped the Cypriot team finish fifth and finishing eighth in the all-around. He also qualified for the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals, finishing eighth and fourth, respectively.[8] He competed at his first World Championships and finished 39th in the all-around qualification round.[9]
2019–2021
Georgiou won a bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the 2019 Osijek World Cup.[10] He then won a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the Koper World Challenge Cup.[11] At the World Championships, he finished 93rd in the all-around qualification and missed out on an Olympic berth.[12][13] After the World Championships, he won a silver medal on the horizontal bar at the Cottbus World Cup.[14]
At the 2021 Cairo World Cup, Georgiou won silver medals on both the parallel bars and horizontal bar.[15] He finished 14th in the all-around final at the 2021 European Championships.[16] He then competed at the 2021 World Championships and finished eighth in the horizontal bar final.[17]
2022
Georgiou won a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the 2022 Cairo World Cup.[18] He then competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and helped the Cypriot team finish sixth.[19] He represented Cyprus at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, helping the team win the bronze medal behind England and Canada.[20][21] He then won the gold medal in the horizontal bar final, becoming the only non-English gold medalist in the men's events.[22][23][24] He then competed at the Paris World Challenge Cup, winning a silver medal on the horizontal bar behind Brody Malone.[25] He qualified for the horizontal bar final at the World Championships, finishing sixth.[26]
2023–2024
Georgiou won a gold medal on the horizontal bar at the 2023 Szombathely World Challenge Cup.[27] He also competed at the Cottbus World Cup and placed eighth in the parallel bars final.[28] At the World Championships, he finished 40th in the all-around during the qualification round and did not earn an Olympic berth.[29][30]
At the 2024 European Championships, Georgiou helped Cyprus qualify for its first-ever European team final.[31] They went on the finish in seventh place.[32]
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