| Ilias Georgiou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 June 1999 Larnaca, Cyprus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Cyprus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Panayiotis Shippi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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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