Georgios Angonas

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Georgios Angonas
2019-06-27 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Men's All-around competition Subdivision 3 Still rings (Martin Rulsch) 010.jpg
Personal information
Born (2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 22)
Limassol, Cyprus
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
Head coach(es)Irodotos Georgallas
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Andorra la Vella Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Andorra la VellaAll-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Andorra la VellaParallel bars
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Andorra la VellaHorizontal bar
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 Andorra la VellaVault

Georgios Angonas (born 27 May 2003) [1] is a Greek Cypriot artistic gymnast. He won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He won the individual all-around title at the 2025 Games of the Small States of Europe.

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Gymnastics career

Angonas competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships and finished 81st in the all-around. [2] At the 2021 European Championships, he finished 65th in the all-around qualifications. [3]

Angonas competed with the Cypriot team that finished sixth at the 2022 Mediterranean Games. [4] Then in the all-around final, he finished 14th. [5] He then represented Cyprus at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and helped the team win the bronze medal behind England and Canada. This marked the first time a Cyprus gymnastics team won a Commonwealth Games medal. [6] Individually, he advanced into the all-around final and finished 13th. [7] At the 2022 European Championships, he finished 44th in the all-around qualifications and qualified for the 2022 World Championships. [8] There, he finished 55th in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into any finals. [9]

At the 2024 European Championships, Angonas helped Cyprus qualify for their first-ever European team final, where they ultimately finished seventh. [10] [11] He competed on the vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar at the 2024 Szombathely World Challenge Cup but did not advance into any finals. [12]

At the 2025 Games of the Small States of Europe, Angonas led Cyprus to the team title and also won the individual all-around title. In the event finals, he won more gold medals on the parallel bars and horizontal bar, and he won a silver medal on the vault. [13]

References

  1. "Georgios Angonas". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. "1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Gyor (HUN), 27 June - 30 June 2019 Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  3. "Men Artistic Gymnastics Qualification All-Around Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 22 April 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  4. "Artistic Gymnastics – Results – Men's Qualifications and Team final" (PDF). Oran 2022 . 27 June 2022.
  5. "Results Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). Oran 2022 . 28 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. Gunston, Jo (29 July 2022). "England defend men's artistic gymnastics team title at Commonwealth Games". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  7. "Men's All-Around - Final". Birmingham 2022. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  8. "All-Around Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 18 August 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  9. "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  10. Gunston, Jo (24 April 2024). "Marios Georgiou of Cyprus Crowned 2024 European All-Around Gymnastics Champion". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  11. "Ukraine claims Team European title". European Gymnastics . 28 April 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  12. "Results for FIG World Challenge Cup 2024 Szombathely (HUN)". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  13. "Angonas caps extraordinary Games of the Small States of Europe with further two Artistic Gymnastic gold medals". European Olympic Committees. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.