Kyriakos Ioannou

Kyriakos Ioannou

Personal information
Born	26 July 1984 Limassol, Cyprus
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country	Cyprus
Event(s)	High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	2.35 m 2.32 m (indoors)
Medal record World Championships 2009 Berlin High jump 2007 Osaka High jump World Indoor Championships 2008 Valencia High jump European Indoor Championships 2009 Turin High jump Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow High jump 2006 Melbourne High jump Mediterranean Games 2005 Almera High jump 2009 Pescara High jump Universiade 2007 Bangkok High jump

Kyriakos Ioannou (Greek: Κυριάκος Ιωάννου; born 26 July 1984) is a Cypriot high jumper. He's a three-time world championships medalist (Osaka 2007, Valencia 2008 & Berlin 2009), the only medalist for Cyprus since the creation of the Championships in 1983. He's also the Cypriot record holder, both outdoors (2.35 m) and indoor (2.32 m). Ioannou took the gold medal at 2005 and 2009 Mediterranean Games.

Biography

His personal best jump and Cypriot national record is 2.35 metres, achieved at the 2007 World Championships held in Osaka where he won the bronze medal. He became the first World Championships medalist from Cyprus.^[1] Two years later, at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, he won the silver medal (2,32 m), only beaten by Yaroslav Rybakov. He also took the bronze medal at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and finished 4th two years later at the same competition in Doha.

His best jump, outdoors in 2010, came at Lausanne on July 8, when he took third place with a jump of 2.30. Doha, 6 May: Ioannou began his outdoor season at the first Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar, on Friday 6 May. He and American Jesse Williams set a new Meet Record of 2.33 (7' 8") when each cleared on their third attempts. After both failed at 2.35, Williams was the winner on the basis of his first jump clearance at 2.31.^[2]

Injured, he didn't come in the qualifying rounds at the World Championships in Daegu where he was one the favourite for a medal.

In 2012, still injured, he arrived to qualifying to the Olympic final in London where he finished 12th with 2.20 m. The following year, he didn't compete. Back in 2014 at the Commonwealth Games, Ioannou wins the silver medal with a SB of 2.28 m. Derek Drouin of Canada takes gold (2.31 m).

In March 2015, Ioannou makes the final of the European Indoor Athletics Championships but didn't arrived to make any jump due to an injury. In June, he makes the olympic standards by clearing 2.29 m.

In February 2016, for his first competition of the year, the Cypriot equals his own indoor national record made in 2008 (and equaled by Dimitrios Chondrokoukis in 2015) by clearing 2.32 m in Hustopeče on his third try.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Cyprus
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	29th (q)	1.90 m
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	18th (q)	2.12 m
2003	European Junior Championships	Tampere, Finland	6th	2.15 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	19th (q)	2.25 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	18th (q)	2.18 m
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	1st	2.18 m
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	1st	2.24 m
	European U23 Championships	Erfurt, Germany	4th	2.27 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	2.25 m
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	3rd	2.23 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd	2.35 m (NR)
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd	2.26 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	3rd	2.30 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	18th (q)	2.25 m
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	2nd	2.29 m
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Nicosia, Cyprus	1st	2.25 m
	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	1st	2.30 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	2.32 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	2.28 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	21st (q)	2.15 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	13th	2.20 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	2.28 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	7th (q)	2.28 m^1

¹No mark in the final

References

1. "Cyprus gets its first ever medal winner at worlds". Kathimerini (Agence France-Presse). 30 Aug 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
2. iaaf.org, News, 6 May 2011, "Ten world leads in Doha’s flag-waving opener – Samsung Diamond League"; accessed 7 May 2011.

External links

• Kyriakos Ioannou profile at IAAF
• Qualifying for the 2004 Olympics