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'''Marios Georgiou''' ({{lang-el|Μάριος Γεωργίου}}; born 10 November 1997)<ref name="olympedia">{{cite web |title=Marios Georgiou |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/133406 |website=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref> is a Cypriot [[artistic gymnast]]. He is the [[2022 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2022 European]] horizontal bar champion and the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a European title. He is the [[2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2019 European Championships]] all-around bronze medalist which made him the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a European medal. He is the [[Gymnastics at the 2019 European Games|2019 European Games]] parallel bars silver medalist. At the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]], he won the gold medals in the floor exercise and parallel bars and the bronze medal in the all-around, and he won four bronze medals at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]]. He is the [[2018 Mediterranean Games]] all-around and horizontal bar champion and the [[2022 Mediterranean Games]] horizontal bar champion. He competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016]] and [[2020 Olympic Games]].
'''Marios Georgiou''' ({{langx|el|Μάριος Γεωργίου}}; born 10 November 1997)<ref name="olympedia">{{cite web |title=Marios Georgiou |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/133406 |website=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref> is a Cypriot [[artistic gymnast]]. He is the [[2024 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2024 European]] all-around champion, and the [[2022 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2022 European]] horizontal bar champion and the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a European title, and a major all-around title. He is the [[2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2019 European Championships]] all-around bronze medalist which made him the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a European medal. He is the [[Gymnastics at the 2019 European Games|2019 European Games]] parallel bars silver medalist. At the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]], he won the gold medals in the floor exercise and parallel bars and the bronze medal in the all-around, and he won four bronze medals at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]]. He is the [[2018 Mediterranean Games]] all-around and horizontal bar champion and the [[2022 Mediterranean Games]] horizontal bar champion. He competed at the [[Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]], [[Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]], and [[Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Olympic Games]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Georgiou was born in [[Limassol]] and is the son of a Cypriot father and a Filipina mother. He has four half-siblings. He began gymnastics when he was three years old.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Panayides |first1=Theo | url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/05/15/born-that-way/ |website=[[Cyprus Mail]] |date=15 May 2018 | title=Champion gymnast was 'born this way' &#124; Cyprus Mail |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130144600/https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/05/15/born-that-way/ |archive-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
Georgiou was born in [[Limassol]] and is the son of a Cypriot father and a [[Philippines|Filipina]] mother. He has four half-siblings. He began gymnastics when he was three years old.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Panayides |first1=Theo |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/05/15/born-that-way/ |website=[[Cyprus Mail]] |date=15 May 2018 |title=Champion gymnast was 'born this way' &#124; Cyprus Mail |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130144600/https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/05/15/born-that-way/ |archive-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>


== Junior gymnastics career ==
== Career ==
=== Junior ===
Georgiou competed at the [[Gymnastics at the 2013 Gymnasiade|2013 Gymnasiade]] and won the gold medal on the pommel horse.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gymnasiade 2013 Artistic Gymnastics |url=http://www.isfsports.eu/documents/events2013/gymnasiade/Bulletin%206%20-%20Gymnasiade%202013.pdf |website=Brasília 2013 |access-date=1 May 2023 |pages=30 |language=pt}}</ref> He then competed at the [[2014 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2014 Junior European Championships]] and finished tenth in the all-around final. He also qualified for the rings final where he finished fifth.<ref>{{cite web |title=31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors & Seniors Results Book |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/GA_MEN_EUCH_SOFIA_Media_Book.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |page=90, 98}}</ref> He represented [[Cyprus at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics]]. However, during the qualification round, he injured his finger and withdrew from the rest of the competition.<ref name="fig">{{cite web |title=Georgiou Marios |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=36888 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref>
Georgiou competed at the [[Gymnastics at the 2013 Gymnasiade|2013 Gymnasiade]] and won the gold medal on the pommel horse.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gymnasiade 2013 Artistic Gymnastics |url=http://www.isfsports.eu/documents/events2013/gymnasiade/Bulletin%206%20-%20Gymnasiade%202013.pdf |website=Brasília 2013 |access-date=1 May 2023 |pages=30 |language=pt}}</ref> He then competed at the [[2014 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2014 Junior European Championships]] and finished tenth in the all-around final. He also qualified for the rings final where he finished fifth.<ref>{{cite web |title=31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors & Seniors Results Book |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/GA_MEN_EUCH_SOFIA_Media_Book.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |page=90, 98}}</ref> He represented [[Cyprus at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics]]. However, during the qualification round, he injured his finger and withdrew from the rest of the competition.<ref name="fig">{{cite web |title=Georgiou Marios |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=36888 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023}}</ref>


=== Senior ===
== Senior gymnastics career ==
=== 2015–2016 ===
Georgiou began competing at the senior level in 2015. He competed at the [[2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2015 European Championships]] in [[Montpellier, France]]. He qualified for the all-around final where he finished nineteenth.<ref>{{cite web |title=6th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men's All-Around Final |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/C73H_Results_MenSenC2.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=2 May 2023 |date=17 April 2015}}</ref> He then competed at the [[2015 Games of the Small States of Europe]] and won the gold medals in every event except the floor exercise and the rings.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2015 Games of the Small States Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2015/06/10/2015-games-of-the-small-states-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=2 May 2023 |date=10 June 2015}}</ref> He represented [[Cyprus at the 2015 European Games]] and was the first reserve for the all-around final and the third reserve for the horizontal bar final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baku 2015 Results Book Gymnastics Artistic |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/GA_European_Games_Baku2015_Book_Media.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[Baku 2015]] |access-date=2 May 2023 |pages=46, 59}}</ref> Then at the [[2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2015 World Championships]] in [[Glasgow]], he finished fifty-fourth in the all-around and qualified for the [[2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event|2016 Olympic Test Event]].<ref>{{cite web |title=46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_15worlds_qualaa.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=25 October 2015 |archive-date=12 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312173402/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_15worlds_qualaa.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aquece Rio Final Gymnastics Qualifier Rio de Janeiro (BRA) (Test Event) 16 – 24 April 2016 Mens' Artistic Gymnastics Eligible Gymnasts / NOC to participate in the Test Event |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2016/olympic-test-event/documents/mag/qualifiers.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> At the Test Event, he finished thirty-eighth in the all-around and [[Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification|qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/am/bra/mag/aa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=26 February 2023 |date=16 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2016 Olympic Qualifiers |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/am/bra/mag/ogqualifiers.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
Georgiou began competing at the senior level in 2015. He competed at the [[2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2015 European Championships]] in [[Montpellier, France]]. He qualified for the all-around final where he finished 19th.<ref>{{cite web |title=6th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men's All-Around Final |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/C73H_Results_MenSenC2.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=2 May 2023 |date=17 April 2015}}</ref> He then competed at the [[2015 Games of the Small States of Europe]] and won the gold medals in every event except the floor exercise and the rings.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2015 Games of the Small States Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2015/06/10/2015-games-of-the-small-states-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=2 May 2023 |date=10 June 2015}}</ref> He represented [[Cyprus at the 2015 European Games]] and was the first reserve for the all-around final and the third reserve for the horizontal bar final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baku 2015 Results Book Gymnastics Artistic |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/GA_European_Games_Baku2015_Book_Media.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[Baku 2015]] |access-date=2 May 2023 |pages=46, 59}}</ref> Then at the [[2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2015 World Championships]] in [[Glasgow]], he finished 44th in the all-around and qualified for the [[2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event|2016 Olympic Test Event]].<ref>{{cite web |title=46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_15worlds_qualaa.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=25 October 2015 |archive-date=12 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312173402/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_15worlds_qualaa.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aquece Rio Final Gymnastics Qualifier Rio de Janeiro (BRA) (Test Event) 16 – 24 April 2016 Mens' Artistic Gymnastics Eligible Gymnasts / NOC to participate in the Test Event |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2016/olympic-test-event/documents/mag/qualifiers.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> At the Test Event, he finished 38th in the all-around and [[Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification|qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/am/bra/mag/aa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=26 February 2023 |date=16 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2016 Olympic Qualifiers |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/am/bra/mag/ogqualifiers.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>


Georgiou represented [[Cyprus at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] and qualified for the [[Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]], becoming the first gymnast from Cyprus to advance to an Olympic final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rainbow of nations set to shine in Doha |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2263522 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=24 October 2018}}</ref> However, he had to withdraw in the middle of the final due to an ankle injury.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ankle injury denies Marios in Rio |url=http://www.newsincyprus.com/news/29759/ankle-injury-denies-marios-in-rio |website=News in Cyprus |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=11 August 2016}}</ref>
Georgiou represented [[Cyprus at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] and qualified for the [[Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]], becoming the first gymnast from Cyprus to advance to an Olympic final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rainbow of nations set to shine in Doha |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2263522 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=24 October 2018}}</ref> However, he had to withdraw in the middle of the final due to an ankle injury.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ankle injury denies Marios in Rio |url=http://www.newsincyprus.com/news/29759/ankle-injury-denies-marios-in-rio |website=News in Cyprus |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=11 August 2016}}</ref>


=== 2017–18 ===
Georgiou began the 2017 season at the [[2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] in [[Cluj-Napoca]] where he finished thirteenth in the all-around final.<ref>{{cite web |title=7th Petrom European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men All-Around Final |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/men%20AA.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=21 April 2017}}</ref> He won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar at both the Koper and Szombathely [[2017 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|World Challenge Cups]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Diversity in Szombathely as newcomers, veterans take gold |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1875391 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=11 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="osijek2018">{{cite web |title=Srbić, Varinska victorious at Osijek World Challenge Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=207388 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=28 May 2018}}</ref> He then represented [[Cyprus at the 2017 Summer Universiade]] and finished fifteenth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]] and sixth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's horizontal bar|horizontal bar final]].<ref>{{cite web |title=29th Summer Universiade 2017 Main Results |url=https://www.fisu.net/sports/results/summer-universiade/29th-summer-universiade |website=[[International University Sports Federation]] |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref> At the [[2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2017 World Championships]] in [[Montreal]], he finished sixteenth in the all-around final.<ref>{{cite web |title=47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Men's Individual All-Around Final |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_17worlds_aa.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=5 October 2017 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024165948/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_17worlds_aa.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Georgiou began the 2017 season at the [[2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] in [[Cluj-Napoca]] where he finished thirteenth in the all-around final.<ref>{{cite web |title=7th Petrom European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men All-Around Final |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/men%20AA.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=21 April 2017}}</ref> He won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar at both the Koper and Szombathely [[2017 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|World Challenge Cups]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Diversity in Szombathely as newcomers, veterans take gold |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1875391 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=11 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="osijek2018">{{cite web |title=Srbić, Varinska victorious at Osijek World Challenge Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=207388 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=28 May 2018}}</ref> He then represented [[Cyprus at the 2017 Summer Universiade]] and finished 15th in the [[Gymnastics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]] and sixth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's horizontal bar|horizontal bar final]].<ref>{{cite web |title=29th Summer Universiade 2017 Main Results |url=https://www.fisu.net/sports/results/summer-universiade/29th-summer-universiade |website=[[International University Sports Federation]] |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref> At the [[2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2017 World Championships]] in [[Montreal]], he finished 16th in the all-around final.<ref>{{cite web |title=47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Men's Individual All-Around Final |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_17worlds_aa.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=5 October 2017 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024165948/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_17worlds_aa.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>


Georgiou represented [[Cyprus at the 2018 Commonwealth Games]], helping the [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's artistic team all-around|team]] finish fourth. In the [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]], he won the bronze medal behind English gymnasts [[Nile Wilson]] and [[James Hall (gymnast)|James Hall]]. He then finished sixth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's vault|vault final]] and fifth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's rings|rings final]]. He won the gold medals in both the [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's floor|floor exercise]] and [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's parallel bars|parallel bars]] finals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Liam |title=McClenaghan and Georgiou secure surprise gold medals as Olympic champion Whitlock ends without individual title at Gold Coast 2018 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063671/mcclenaghan-and-georgiou-secure-surprise-gold-medals-as-olympic-champion-whitlock-ends-without-individual-title-at-gold-coast-2018 |website=[[Inside the Games]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=8 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Official Results Book |url=https://resources.cwg-qbr.pulselive.com/qbr-commonwealth-games/document/2022/11/24/1e0e9dcd-40b4-4e77-a707-a56456e2ca5b/GC2018-GAT_Results-Book.pdf |website=Commonwealth Sport |publisher=[[Gold Coast 2018]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |pages=33, 56, 64}}</ref> He then competed at the [[2018 Mediterranean Games]] and helped the Cypriot team finish fifth. Individually, he won the gold medal in the all-around and horizontal bar, the silver medal on parallel bars behind [[Ahmet Önder]], and the bronze medal on the pommel horse behind [[Cyril Tommasone]] and [[Robert Seligman]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barker |first1=Phillip |title=Georgiou wins gymnastics gold for Cyprus at Mediterranean Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1066690/georgiou-wins-gymnastics-gold-for-cyprus-at-mediterranean-games |website=[[Inside the Games]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=25 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 Mediterranean Games Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/07/01/2018-mediterranean-games-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=1 July 2018}}</ref> At the [[2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|2018 Osijek World Challenge Cup]], Georgiou won his first World Challenge Cup gold medal by winning the parallel bars.<ref name="osijek2018"/> He did not qualify for any finals at the [[2018 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2018 European Championships]]. He then won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Verniaiev continues comeback at Szombathely World Challenge Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2206248 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=24 September 2018}}</ref> He finished tenth in the all-around final at the [[2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2018 World Championships]], the highest World all-around finish ever for a gymnast from Cyprus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dalaloyan ends Russian drought with World All-around title in Doha |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2293693 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=31 October 2018}}</ref>
Georgiou represented [[Cyprus at the 2018 Commonwealth Games]], helping the [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's artistic team all-around|team]] finish fourth. In the [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]], he won the bronze medal behind English gymnasts [[Nile Wilson]] and [[James Hall (gymnast)|James Hall]]. He then finished sixth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's vault|vault final]] and fifth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's rings|rings final]]. He won the gold medals in both the [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's floor|floor exercise]] and [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's parallel bars|parallel bars]] finals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Liam |title=McClenaghan and Georgiou secure surprise gold medals as Olympic champion Whitlock ends without individual title at Gold Coast 2018 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063671/mcclenaghan-and-georgiou-secure-surprise-gold-medals-as-olympic-champion-whitlock-ends-without-individual-title-at-gold-coast-2018 |website=[[Inside the Games]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=8 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Official Results Book |url=https://resources.cwg-qbr.pulselive.com/qbr-commonwealth-games/document/2022/11/24/1e0e9dcd-40b4-4e77-a707-a56456e2ca5b/GC2018-GAT_Results-Book.pdf |website=Commonwealth Sport |publisher=[[Gold Coast 2018]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |pages=33, 56, 64}}</ref> He then competed at the [[2018 Mediterranean Games]] and helped the Cypriot team finish fifth. Individually, he won the gold medal in the all-around and horizontal bar, the silver medal on parallel bars behind [[Ahmet Önder]], and the bronze medal on the pommel horse behind [[Cyril Tommasone]] and [[Robert Seligman]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barker |first1=Phillip |title=Georgiou wins gymnastics gold for Cyprus at Mediterranean Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1066690/georgiou-wins-gymnastics-gold-for-cyprus-at-mediterranean-games |website=[[Inside the Games]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=25 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 Mediterranean Games Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/07/01/2018-mediterranean-games-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=1 July 2018}}</ref> At the [[2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|2018 Osijek World Challenge Cup]], Georgiou won his first World Challenge Cup gold medal by winning the parallel bars.<ref name="osijek2018"/> He did not qualify for any finals at the [[2018 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2018 European Championships]]. He then won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Verniaiev continues comeback at Szombathely World Challenge Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2206248 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=24 September 2018}}</ref> He finished tenth in the all-around final at the [[2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2018 World Championships]], the highest World all-around finish ever for a gymnast from Cyprus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dalaloyan ends Russian drought with World All-around title in Doha |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2293693 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=31 October 2018}}</ref>


=== 2019 ===
Georgiou competed at the [[2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2019 European Championships]] and won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Russians [[Nikita Nagornyy]] and [[Artur Dalaloyan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20All-Around%20Final%20AllAroundResultsMag.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=12 April 2019}}</ref> This marked the first time a gymnast from Cyprus won a medal in the all-around at the [[European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Artistic Gymnastics Championships]].<ref name="fig" /> He also finished eighth in the pommel horse final.<ref>{{cite web |title=8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Apparatus%20Final%20Pommel%20horse%20ApparatusResultsMag.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=13 April 2019}}</ref> He then represented [[Cyprus at the 2019 European Games]] and finished eighteenth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2019 European Games – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]]. In the parallel bars final, he won the silver medal behind Ukrainian gymnast [[Oleg Verniaiev]]. He also finished fifth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2019 European Games – Men's pommel horse|pommel horse final]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Minsk 2019 Results Book Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/ART%20Media.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[Minsk 2019]] |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> At the [[2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2019 World Championships]] in [[Stuttgart]], he finished forty-seventh in the all-around during the qualification round and [[Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification|qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Men's All-Around Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/m_19worlds_qualaa.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=6 October 2019 |archive-date=4 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704031827/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/m_19worlds_qualaa.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of the Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2021/olympics/documents/mag/mag_qualifiers_list.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
Georgiou competed at the [[2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2019 European Championships]] and won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Russians [[Nikita Nagornyy]] and [[Artur Dalaloyan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20All-Around%20Final%20AllAroundResultsMag.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=12 April 2019}}</ref> This marked the first time a gymnast from Cyprus won a medal in the all-around at the [[European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Artistic Gymnastics Championships]].<ref name="fig" /> He also finished eighth in the pommel horse final.<ref>{{cite web |title=8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Apparatus%20Final%20Pommel%20horse%20ApparatusResultsMag.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=13 April 2019}}</ref> He then represented [[Cyprus at the 2019 European Games]] and finished 18th in the [[Gymnastics at the 2019 European Games – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]]. In the parallel bars final, he won the silver medal behind Ukrainian gymnast [[Oleg Verniaiev]]. He also finished fifth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2019 European Games – Men's pommel horse|pommel horse final]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Minsk 2019 Results Book Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/ART%20Media.pdf |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[Minsk 2019]] |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> At the [[2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2019 World Championships]] in [[Stuttgart]], he finished 47th in the all-around during the qualification round and [[Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification|qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Men's All-Around Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/m_19worlds_qualaa.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=6 October 2019 |archive-date=4 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704031827/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/m_19worlds_qualaa.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of the Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2021/olympics/documents/mag/mag_qualifiers_list.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>


=== 2021–2022 ===
[[File:European Championships 2022-08-21 Senior Men Apparatus finals (Norman Seibert) - DSC 7225.jpg|thumb|right|Georgiou at the [[2022 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2022 European Championships]]]]
Georgiou won the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the [[2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|2021 Doha World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Doha World Cup: Ten nations win titles as Olympic qualification comes to an end |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3199703 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=28 June 2021}}</ref> He then represented [[Cyprus at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Cyprus at the postponed-2020 Summer Olympics]]. He did not qualify for any finals, but he was the first reserve for the horizontal bar final after finishing ninth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic qualification|qualification round]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Qualification |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/m_21olympics_eventqual.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[Tokyo 2020]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |pages=11 |date=24 July 2021}}</ref> He then competed at the [[2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2021 World Championships]] and was the first reserve for the parallel bars final.<ref>{{cite web |title=50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 18 October - 24 October 2021 Men's Parallel Bars Qualification |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/m_21worlds_eventqual.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |pages=13 |date=24 October 2021}}</ref>
Georgiou won the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the [[2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|2021 Doha World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Doha World Cup: Ten nations win titles as Olympic qualification comes to an end |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3199703 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |date=28 June 2021}}</ref> He then represented [[Cyprus at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Cyprus at the postponed-2020 Summer Olympics]]. He did not qualify for any finals, but he was the first reserve for the horizontal bar final after finishing ninth in the [[Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic qualification|qualification round]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Qualification |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/m_21olympics_eventqual.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[Tokyo 2020]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |pages=11 |date=24 July 2021}}</ref> He then competed at the [[2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2021 World Championships]] and was the first reserve for the parallel bars final.<ref>{{cite web |title=50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 18 October - 24 October 2021 Men's Parallel Bars Qualification |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/m_21worlds_eventqual.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |pages=13 |date=24 October 2021}}</ref>


At the [[2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|2022 Varna World Challenge Cup]], Georgiou won the gold medals on the pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Varna - Results Men 2022 |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2022/m_22varna_events.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=30 May 2022}}</ref> He then represented [[Cyprus at the 2022 Mediterranean Games]] and helped the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's artistic team all-around|team]] finish in fifth place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-06-28/GARMTEAM--------------FNL-000100--__C73A_1.0.pdf|title=Artistic Gymnastics – Results – Men's Qualifications and Team final|work=[[2022 Mediterranean Games|Oran 2022]]|date=27 June 2022}}</ref> Then in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]], he won the bronze medal behind [[Adem Asil]] and [[Joel Plata]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Results Men's All-Around Final |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-06-28/GARM1AA---------------FNL-000100--__C73A_2.0.pdf |website=[[2022 Mediterranean Games|Oran 2022]] |access-date=30 June 2022 |date=28 June 2022}}</ref> He then won the gold medal in the horizontal bar final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Results Men's Horizontal Bar Final |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/ResultBook/GDM2022_GAR_v1.1.pdf |website=[[Oran 2022]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |pages=131 |date=29 June 2022}}</ref> He was represented [[Cyprus at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]] and was selected to be the flagbearer during the [[2022 Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations|Parade of Nations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/cyprusolympic/posts/pfbid0W8aSS3q7awFNRhu7gd13jfKe9pTfJyRv8uTWdhJgTGusM9da4hw2PY2UoGkgTx1Nl|title=Σημαιοφόροι στην τελετή έναρξης των 22ων Κοινοπολιτειακών Αγώνων οι Μάριος Γεωργίου και Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου #birmingham2022, #teamcyprus2022|language=Greek|trans-title=Marios Georgiou and Zoe Konstantopoulou were the flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 22nd Commonwealth Games #birmingham2022, #teamcyprus2022|date=19 July 2022|publisher=[[Cyprus Olympic Committee]]|access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref> The Cypriot [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's artistic team all-around|team]] won the bronze medal behind England and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Team Final |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-07-29/GARM------------------QUAL--------__C73A_3.0.pdf |website=[[Birmingham 2022]] |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> Then in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]], he repreated as the Commonwealth all-around bronze medalist behidn English gymnasts [[Jake Jarman]] and [[James Hall (gymnast)|James Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's All-Around - Final |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athletic-allaround/GAR/A/M/1AA---------------/FNL-/000001-- |website=[[Birmingham 2022]] |access-date=31 July 2022}}</ref> He also won the bronze medal in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's parallel bars|parallel bars final]] behind English gymnasts [[Joe Fraser]] and [[Giarnni Regini-Moran]] and in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's horizontal bar|horizontal bar final]] behind teammate [[Ilias Georgiou]] and Australian [[Tyson Bull]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Parallel Bars - Final |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-08-02/GARM1APPB-------------FNL---------__C73I_1.0.pdf |website=[[Birmingham 2022]] |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Horizontal Bar - Final |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-08-02/GARM1APHB-------------FNL---------__C73I_1.0.pdf |website=[[Birmingham 2022]] |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref> He also finished seventh in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's pommel horse|pommel horse final]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Pommel Horse - Final |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-08-01/GARM1APPH-------------FNL---------__C73I_1.0.pdf |website=[[Birmingham 2022]] |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref> Then at the [[2022 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2022 European Championships]], he won the gold medal in the horizontal bar final with a score of 14.400.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crumlish |first1=John |title=Greece's Petrounias wins sixth continental still rings gold as European Championships conclude |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/greeces-petrounias-wins-sixth-continental-still-rings-gold-as-european-championships-conclude/ |website=[[International Gymnast Magazine]] |access-date=24 April 2023 |date=21 August 2022}}</ref> He became the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a gold medal at the [[European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolgopyat, Merdinyan, Petrounias, Jarman, Fraser and Georgiou crowned apparatus Champions at #Munich2022 |url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/dolgopyat-merdinyan-petrounias-jarman-fraser-and-georgiou-crowned-apparatus-champions |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=21 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="fig" />
At the [[2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|2022 Varna World Challenge Cup]], Georgiou won the gold medals on the pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Varna - Results Men 2022 |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2022/m_22varna_events.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=30 May 2022}}</ref> He then represented [[Cyprus at the 2022 Mediterranean Games]] and helped the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's artistic team all-around|team]] finish in fifth place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-06-28/GARMTEAM--------------FNL-000100--__C73A_1.0.pdf |title=Artistic Gymnastics – Results – Men's Qualifications and Team final |work=[[2022 Mediterranean Games|Oran 2022]] |date=27 June 2022}}</ref> Then in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]], he won the bronze medal behind [[Adem Asil]] and [[Joel Plata]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Results Men's All-Around Final |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-06-28/GARM1AA---------------FNL-000100--__C73A_2.0.pdf |website=[[2022 Mediterranean Games|Oran 2022]] |access-date=30 June 2022 |date=28 June 2022}}</ref> He then won the gold medal in the horizontal bar final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Results Men's Horizontal Bar Final |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/ResultBook/GDM2022_GAR_v1.1.pdf |website=[[Oran 2022]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |pages=131 |date=29 June 2022}}</ref> He was represented [[Cyprus at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]] and was selected to be the flagbearer during the [[2022 Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations|Parade of Nations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/cyprusolympic/posts/pfbid0W8aSS3q7awFNRhu7gd13jfKe9pTfJyRv8uTWdhJgTGusM9da4hw2PY2UoGkgTx1Nl |title=Σημαιοφόροι στην τελετή έναρξης των 22ων Κοινοπολιτειακών Αγώνων οι Μάριος Γεωργίου και Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου #birmingham2022, #teamcyprus2022 |language=Greek |trans-title=Marios Georgiou and Zoe Konstantopoulou were the flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 22nd Commonwealth Games #birmingham2022, #teamcyprus2022 |date=19 July 2022 |publisher=[[Cyprus Olympic Committee]] |access-date=27 July 2022}}</ref> The Cypriot [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's artistic team all-around|team]] won the bronze medal behind England and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Team Final |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-07-29/GARM------------------QUAL--------__C73A_3.0.pdf |website=[[Birmingham 2022]] |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> Then in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's artistic individual all-around|all-around final]], he repreated as the Commonwealth all-around bronze medalist behind English gymnasts [[Jake Jarman]] and [[James Hall (gymnast)|James Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's All-Around - Final |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athletic-allaround/GAR/A/M/1AA---------------/FNL-/000001-- |website=[[Birmingham 2022]] |access-date=31 July 2022}}</ref> He also won the bronze medal in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's parallel bars|parallel bars final]] behind English gymnasts [[Joe Fraser]] and [[Giarnni Regini-Moran]] and in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's horizontal bar|horizontal bar final]] behind teammate [[Ilias Georgiou]] and Australian [[Tyson Bull]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Parallel Bars - Final |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-08-02/GARM1APPB-------------FNL---------__C73I_1.0.pdf |website=[[Birmingham 2022]] |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Horizontal Bar - Final |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-08-02/GARM1APHB-------------FNL---------__C73I_1.0.pdf |website=[[Birmingham 2022]] |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref> He also finished seventh in the [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's pommel horse|pommel horse final]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Pommel Horse - Final |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-08-01/GARM1APPH-------------FNL---------__C73I_1.0.pdf |website=[[Birmingham 2022]] |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref> Then at the [[2022 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2022 European Championships]], he won the gold medal in the horizontal bar final with a score of 14.400.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crumlish |first1=John |title=Greece's Petrounias wins sixth continental still rings gold as European Championships conclude |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/greeces-petrounias-wins-sixth-continental-still-rings-gold-as-european-championships-conclude/ |website=[[International Gymnast Magazine]] |access-date=24 April 2023 |date=21 August 2022}}</ref> He became the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a gold medal at the [[European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolgopyat, Merdinyan, Petrounias, Jarman, Fraser and Georgiou crowned apparatus Champions at #Munich2022 |url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/dolgopyat-merdinyan-petrounias-jarman-fraser-and-georgiou-crowned-apparatus-champions |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=21 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="fig" />

After the European Championships, Georgiou competed at the [[2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Paris World Challenge Cup]] and placed eighth in the horizontal bar final.<ref>{{cite web |title=FIG World Challenge Cup 2022 Paris (FRA), 24 & 25 September 2022 Men's Horizontal Bar Final |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2022/m_22pariswcc_events.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=4 June 2024 |pages=6 |date=25 September 2022}}</ref> At the [[2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]], he competed on the parallel bars and the horizontal bar and finished 14th in the qualification round on both.<ref>{{cite web |title=51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Men's Event Qualifications |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2022/m_22worlds_eventqual.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=4 June 2024 |pages=15, 19 |date=31 October 2022}}</ref>

=== 2023–2024 ===
Georgiou did not compete at the [[2023 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2023 European Championships]] due to an injury.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gunston |first1=Jo |title=European Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023: men's qualification results – full list |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/european-artistic-gymnastics-championships-2023-mens-qualification-results |website=[[Olympic Channel]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=11 April 2023}}</ref> He had surgery on his shoulder in June and returned to competition in September at the [[2023 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Szombathely World Challenge Cup]] and won a silver medal on the horizontal bar behind teammate [[Ilias Georgiou]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A new Hungarian generation rises in Szombathely |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3972637 |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=11 September 2023}}</ref> He only competed on the horizontal bar at the [[2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2023 World Championships]], finishing 54th in the qualification round.<ref>{{cite web |title=52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp (BEL), 30 September - 8 October 2023 Men's Horizontal Bar Qualification |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2023/m_23worlds_eventqual.pdf |website=[[USA Gymnastics]] |publisher=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=4 June 2024 |pages=20 |date=30 September 2023}}</ref>

Georgiou began the Olympic season at the [[2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Cairo World Cup]] and placed seventh on the horizontal bar.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2024 Cairo World Cup Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2024/02/18/2024-cairo-world-cup-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=18 February 2024}}</ref> He then placed fifth on the same event at the Doha World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2024 Doha World Cup Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2024/04/20/2024-doha-world-cup-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=20 April 2024}}</ref> At the [[2024 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2024 European Championships]], Georgiou made history by becoming the first Cypriot to win the European all-around title. By winning the all-around, he qualified for his [[Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|third Olympic Games]].<ref name="2024euroaa"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=May |first1=Sam |title=Cypriot gymnast Marios Georgiou secures European all-around title |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1144860/marios-georgiou-european-all-round-gold |website=[[Inside the Games]] |access-date=26 April 2024 |date=25 April 2024}}</ref> Additionally, he helped Cyprus qualify for their first ever team final at the European Championships where they ultimately finished seventh.<ref name="2024euroaa">{{cite web|last1=Gunston|first1=Jo|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/marios-georgiou-cyprus-crowned-2024-european-all-around-gymnastics-champion|title=Marios Georgiou of Cyprus Crowned 2024 European All-Around Gymnastics Champion|work=[[International Olympic Committee]]|date=24 April 2024 |access-date=26 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ukraine claims Team European title |url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/ukraine-claims-team-european-title |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=28 April 2024}}</ref> During event final Georgiou picked up an additional three medals: silver on parallel bars and bronze on pommel horse and horizontal bar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whitehouse, McClenaghan and Petrounias victorious at #Rimini2024 |url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/whitehouse-mcclenaghan-and-petrounias-victorious-rimini2024 |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=26 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kovtun sets the bar at #Rimini2024 |url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/kovtun-sets-bar-rimini2024 |website=[[European Gymnastics]] |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=27 April 2024}}</ref>


== Competitive history ==
Georgiou did not compete at the [[2023 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2023 European Championships]] due to an injury.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gunston |first1=Jo |title=European Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023: men's qualification results – full list |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/european-artistic-gymnastics-championships-2023-mens-qualification-results |website=[[Olympic Channel]] |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
! width=7% class=unsortable| Year
! width=37% class=unsortable| Event
! width=7% class=unsortable| Team
! width=7% class=unsortable| AA
! width=7% class=unsortable|[[Gymnastics floor|FX]]
! width=7% class=unsortable|[[Pommel horse|PH]]
! width=7% class=unsortable|[[Gymnastics rings|SR]]
! width=7% class=unsortable|[[Gymnastics vault|VT]]
! width=7% class=unsortable|[[Gymnastics parallel bars|PB]]
! width=7% class=unsortable|[[Horizontal bar|HB]]
|-
! colspan="10" | Junior
|-
| rowspan="1" | '''2013''' || align=left | [[Gymnastics at the 2013 Gymnasiade|Gymnasiade]] || || || || {{gold1}} || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | '''[[2014 in artistic gymnastics|2014]]'''
|- bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[2014 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || || 10 || || || 5 || || ||
|- bgcolor=#EBC2AF
| align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics|Youth Olympic Games]] || || {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} || || || || || ||
|-
! colspan="10" | Senior
|-
| rowspan="6" | '''[[2015 in artistic gymnastics|2015]]'''
|- bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || || 19 || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[2015 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Varna Challenge Cup]] || || || || 8 || || || 8 ||
|-
| align=left | [[Gymnastics at the 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe|Games of the Small States of Europe]] || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || {{gold1}} || || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
|- bgcolor=#f0fccf
| align=left | [[Gymnastics at the 2015 European Games|European Games]] || || ''27'' || || || || || ||
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || || ''54'' || || || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''[[2016 in artistic gymnastics|2016]]''' || align=left | [[2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event|Olympic Test Event]] || || 38 || || || || || ||
|- bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | '''[[Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' || || {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} || || || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | '''[[2017 in artistic gymnastics|2017]]''' || align=left | [[2017 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Doha World Cup]] || || || || || || || || 6
|- bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || || 13 || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[2017 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Koper World Challenge Cup]] || || || || || || || {{bronze3}} || 6
|-
| align=left | [[2017 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Szombathely World Challenge Cup]] || || || || 5 || || || 7 || {{bronze3}}
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || || 16 || || || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="9" | '''[[2018 in artistic gymnastics|2018]]'''
|- bgcolor="#afeeee"
| align=left | [[Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] || 4 || {{bronze3}} || {{gold1}} || || 5 || 6 || {{gold1}} ||
|-
| align=left | [[2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Osijek World Challenge Cup]] || || || || || || || {{gold1}} || 7
|-
| align=left | [[Artistic gymnastics at the 2018 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] || 5 || {{gold1}} || || {{bronze3}} || || || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}}
|- bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[2018 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || || || || || ''18'' || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Szombathely World Challenge Cup]] || || || 7 || || || || 7 || {{bronze3}}
|-
| align=left | [[2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Paris World Challenge Cup]] || || || || || || || 7 || 5
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || ''30'' || 10 || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Cottbus World Cup]] || || || || || || || 4 ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | '''[[2019 in artistic gymnastics|2019]]'''
|- bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || || {{bronze3}} || || 8 || || || ||
|- bgcolor=#f0fccf
| align=left | [[Gymnastics at the 2019 European Games|European Games]] || || 18 || || 5 || || || {{silver2}} ||
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || || ''47'' || || || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | '''[[2021 in artistic gymnastics|2021]]''' || align=left | [[2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Doha World Cup]] || || || || 6 || || || || {{gold1}}
|- bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | '''[[Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' || || || || || || || || {{abbreviation|R1|Georgiou finished 9th in qualifications and was the First Reserve}}
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || || || || || || || {{abbreviation|R1|Georgiou finished 10th in qualifications and was the First Reserve}} ||
|-
| rowspan="8" | '''[[2022 in artistic gymnastics|2022]]''' || align=left | [[2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Cairo World Cup]] || || || || || || || 4 ||
|-
| align=left | [[2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Baku World Cup]] || || || || 4 || || || {{abbreviation|WD|Georgiou withdrew from the final}} || 8
|-
| align=left | [[2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Varna World Challenge Cup]] || || || 4 || {{gold1}} || 6 || 6 || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | [[Artistic gymnastics at the 2022 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] || 6 || {{bronze3}} || || 7 || || || || {{gold1}}
|- bgcolor="#afeeee"
| align=left | [[Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] || {{bronze3}} || {{bronze3}} || || 7 || || || {{bronze3}} || {{bronze3}}
|- bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[2022 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || || || || || || || || {{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | [[2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Paris World Challenge Cup]] || || || || || || || || 8
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || || || || || || || ''14'' || ''14''
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''[[2023 in artistic gymnastics|2023]]''' || align=left | [[2023 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Szombathely World Challenge Cup]] || || || || || || || || {{silver2}}
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || || || || || || || || ''54''
|-
| rowspan="4" | '''[[2024 in artistic gymnastics|2024]]''' || align=left | [[2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Cairo World Cup]] || || || || || || || || 7
|-
| align=left | [[2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Doha World Cup]] || || || || || || || || 5
|- bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | [[2024 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] || 7 || {{gold1}} || || {{bronze3}} || || || {{silver2}} || {{bronze3}}
|- bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | '''[[Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' || || {{abbreviation|R4|Georgiou was the 4th Reserve for the all-around final}} || || || || || || '''6'''
|}


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Marios Georgiou
Georgiou at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 (age 26)
Limassol, Cyprus
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2014–present (CYP)
ClubAthanasia Gymnastics Club
Head coach(es)Panagiotis Petridis
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Cyprus
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Parallel bars
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Horizontal bar
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rimini All-around
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rimini Parallel bars
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Szczecin All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rimini Pommel horse
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rimini Horizontal bar
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Parallel bars
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Parallel bars
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Horizontal bar
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona All-around
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Horizontal bar
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona Parallel bars
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona Pommel horse
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran All-around
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place 2015 Iceland Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Iceland All-around
Gold medal – first place 2015 Iceland Pommel horse
Gold medal – first place 2015 Iceland Vault
Gold medal – first place 2015 Iceland Parallel bars
Gold medal – first place 2015 Iceland Horizontal bar
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Iceland Floor exercise

Marios Georgiou (Greek: Μάριος Γεωργίου; born 10 November 1997)[2] is a Cypriot artistic gymnast. He is the 2024 European all-around champion, and the 2022 European horizontal bar champion and the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a European title, and a major all-around title. He is the 2019 European Championships all-around bronze medalist which made him the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a European medal. He is the 2019 European Games parallel bars silver medalist. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medals in the floor exercise and parallel bars and the bronze medal in the all-around, and he won four bronze medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He is the 2018 Mediterranean Games all-around and horizontal bar champion and the 2022 Mediterranean Games horizontal bar champion. He competed at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games.

Early life

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Georgiou was born in Limassol and is the son of a Cypriot father and a Filipina mother. He has four half-siblings. He began gymnastics when he was three years old.[3]

Junior gymnastics career

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Georgiou competed at the 2013 Gymnasiade and won the gold medal on the pommel horse.[4] He then competed at the 2014 Junior European Championships and finished tenth in the all-around final. He also qualified for the rings final where he finished fifth.[5] He represented Cyprus at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. However, during the qualification round, he injured his finger and withdrew from the rest of the competition.[6]

Senior gymnastics career

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2015–2016

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Georgiou began competing at the senior level in 2015. He competed at the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France. He qualified for the all-around final where he finished 19th.[7] He then competed at the 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe and won the gold medals in every event except the floor exercise and the rings.[8] He represented Cyprus at the 2015 European Games and was the first reserve for the all-around final and the third reserve for the horizontal bar final.[9] Then at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, he finished 44th in the all-around and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Test Event.[10][11] At the Test Event, he finished 38th in the all-around and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games.[12][13]

Georgiou represented Cyprus at the 2016 Summer Olympics and qualified for the all-around final, becoming the first gymnast from Cyprus to advance to an Olympic final.[14] However, he had to withdraw in the middle of the final due to an ankle injury.[15]

2017–18

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Georgiou began the 2017 season at the European Championships in Cluj-Napoca where he finished thirteenth in the all-around final.[16] He won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar at both the Koper and Szombathely World Challenge Cups.[17][18] He then represented Cyprus at the 2017 Summer Universiade and finished 15th in the all-around final and sixth in the horizontal bar final.[19] At the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, he finished 16th in the all-around final.[20]

Georgiou represented Cyprus at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, helping the team finish fourth. In the all-around final, he won the bronze medal behind English gymnasts Nile Wilson and James Hall. He then finished sixth in the vault final and fifth in the rings final. He won the gold medals in both the floor exercise and parallel bars finals.[21][22] He then competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and helped the Cypriot team finish fifth. Individually, he won the gold medal in the all-around and horizontal bar, the silver medal on parallel bars behind Ahmet Önder, and the bronze medal on the pommel horse behind Cyril Tommasone and Robert Seligman.[23][24] At the 2018 Osijek World Challenge Cup, Georgiou won his first World Challenge Cup gold medal by winning the parallel bars.[18] He did not qualify for any finals at the 2018 European Championships. He then won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup.[25] He finished tenth in the all-around final at the 2018 World Championships, the highest World all-around finish ever for a gymnast from Cyprus.[26]

2019

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Georgiou competed at the 2019 European Championships and won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Russians Nikita Nagornyy and Artur Dalaloyan.[27] This marked the first time a gymnast from Cyprus won a medal in the all-around at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[6] He also finished eighth in the pommel horse final.[28] He then represented Cyprus at the 2019 European Games and finished 18th in the all-around final. In the parallel bars final, he won the silver medal behind Ukrainian gymnast Oleg Verniaiev. He also finished fifth in the pommel horse final.[29] At the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, he finished 47th in the all-around during the qualification round and qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.[30][31]

2021–2022

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Georgiou at the 2022 European Championships

Georgiou won the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the 2021 Doha World Cup.[32] He then represented Cyprus at the postponed-2020 Summer Olympics. He did not qualify for any finals, but he was the first reserve for the horizontal bar final after finishing ninth in the qualification round.[33] He then competed at the 2021 World Championships and was the first reserve for the parallel bars final.[34]

At the 2022 Varna World Challenge Cup, Georgiou won the gold medals on the pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.[35] He then represented Cyprus at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and helped the team finish in fifth place.[36] Then in the all-around final, he won the bronze medal behind Adem Asil and Joel Plata.[37] He then won the gold medal in the horizontal bar final.[38] He was represented Cyprus at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and was selected to be the flagbearer during the Parade of Nations.[39] The Cypriot team won the bronze medal behind England and Canada.[40] Then in the all-around final, he repreated as the Commonwealth all-around bronze medalist behind English gymnasts Jake Jarman and James Hall.[41] He also won the bronze medal in the parallel bars final behind English gymnasts Joe Fraser and Giarnni Regini-Moran and in the horizontal bar final behind teammate Ilias Georgiou and Australian Tyson Bull.[42][43] He also finished seventh in the pommel horse final.[44] Then at the 2022 European Championships, he won the gold medal in the horizontal bar final with a score of 14.400.[45] He became the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a gold medal at the European Championships.[46][6]

After the European Championships, Georgiou competed at the Paris World Challenge Cup and placed eighth in the horizontal bar final.[47] At the World Championships, he competed on the parallel bars and the horizontal bar and finished 14th in the qualification round on both.[48]

2023–2024

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Georgiou did not compete at the 2023 European Championships due to an injury.[49] He had surgery on his shoulder in June and returned to competition in September at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup and won a silver medal on the horizontal bar behind teammate Ilias Georgiou.[50] He only competed on the horizontal bar at the 2023 World Championships, finishing 54th in the qualification round.[51]

Georgiou began the Olympic season at the Cairo World Cup and placed seventh on the horizontal bar.[52] He then placed fifth on the same event at the Doha World Cup.[53] At the 2024 European Championships, Georgiou made history by becoming the first Cypriot to win the European all-around title. By winning the all-around, he qualified for his third Olympic Games.[54][55] Additionally, he helped Cyprus qualify for their first ever team final at the European Championships where they ultimately finished seventh.[54][56] During event final Georgiou picked up an additional three medals: silver on parallel bars and bronze on pommel horse and horizontal bar.[57][58]

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2013 Gymnasiade 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014
European Championships 10 5
Youth Olympic Games DNF
Senior
2015
European Championships 19
Varna Challenge Cup 8 8
Games of the Small States of Europe 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Games 27
World Championships 54
2016 Olympic Test Event 38
Olympic Games DNF
2017 Doha World Cup 6
European Championships 13
Koper World Challenge Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6
Szombathely World Challenge Cup 5 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships 16
2018
Commonwealth Games 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Osijek World Challenge Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7
Mediterranean Games 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 18
Szombathely World Challenge Cup 7 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Paris World Challenge Cup 7 5
World Championships 30 10
Cottbus World Cup 4
2019
European Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8
European Games 18 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 47
2021 Doha World Cup 6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games R1
World Championships R1
2022 Cairo World Cup 4
Baku World Cup 4 WD 8
Varna World Challenge Cup 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mediterranean Games 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Paris World Challenge Cup 8
World Championships 14 14
2023 Szombathely World Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 54
2024 Cairo World Cup 7
Doha World Cup 5
European Championships 7 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olympic Games R4 6

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