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| Nationality | Cypriot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Hammer throw: (6kg) 82.80 (Lima, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Iosif Kesidis (born 19 August 2005) is a Cypriot hammer thrower. He won bronze at the 2022 World U20 Championships and gold at the 2024 World U20 Championships. [1]
He won gold in the hammer throw at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem in July 2022. [2] He was a bronze medalist in the hammer throw at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022 with a throw of 76.32 metres. [3]
He won silver in the hammer throw at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem. [4]
In 2024, he increased his personal best to 81.07 metres. [5] He won gold at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in the hammer throw, with a personal best distance of 82.80 metres. It was a dominant performance, every throw Kesidis made would have been sufficient to win the gold medal. [6] [7]
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World U20 Champions in men's hammer throw | |
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