| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Cypriot |
| Born | 19 August 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Hammer throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Hammer throw: 74.87 (Bergen, 2025) |
Medal record | |
Iosif Kesidis (born 19 August 2005) is a Cypriot hammer thrower. He won the bronze at the 2022 World U20 Championships and the gold medals at the 2024 World U20 Championships and the 2025 European U23 Championships. [1]
He is a member of the development program of the Cyprus Amateur Athletic Association (KOEAS). [2] He is coached by Panicos Charalampous. [3]
He won gold in the hammer throw at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, in July 2022. [4] He was a bronze medalist in the hammer throw at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022 with a 6kg hammer throw of 76.32 metres. [5]
He won silver in the hammer throw at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem. [6] He broke the Cypriot youth record for the men's hammer three times in 2023, ending the year with a best of 71.43m. [7]
In 2024, he increased his personal best to 81.07 metres. [8] He won gold at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in the hammer throw, with a personal best 6kg distance, and national under-20 record of 82.80 metres. [9] It was a dominant performance, every throw Kesidis made would have been sufficient to win the gold medal. [10] [11] In September 2024, he was nominated for the European Athletics Rising Star award. [12]
He was victorious at the European Throwing Cup in March 2025 in Nicosia, winning the U23 hammer competition. [13] His distance of 72.96 metres broke his own Cypriot under-23 record. It was the first ever gold medal for Cyprus in tne competition. [14] In July 2025, he threw a new personal best and national U23 record of 74.87 metres to win the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway. [15]
He is from Paphos. [16] He graduated from Paphos sports school in 2023. [7]
World U20 Champions in men's hammer throw | |
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European Athletics U23 Championships champions in men's hammer throw | |
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