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Marios Georgiou
Georgiou at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameMarios Georgiou
Country represented Cyprus
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
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
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Szczecin All-around
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 Greek Cypriot artistic gymnast. He is the 2022 European horizontal bar champion and the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a European 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 and 2020 Olympic Games.

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.[3]

Career

Junior

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

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 nineteenth.[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 fifty-fourth in the all-around and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Test Event.[10][11] At the Test Event, he finished thirty-eighth 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]

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 fifteenth in the all-around final and sixth in the horizontal bar final.[19] At the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, he finished sixteenth in the all-around final.[20]

At the 2018 Osijek World Challenge Cup, Georgiou won his first World Challenge Cup gold medal by winning the parallel bars.[18] He then won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup.[21] 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.[22]

Georgiou won the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the 2021 Doha World Cup.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Marios Georgiou". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Marios Georgiou". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ^ Panayides, Theo (15 May 2018). "Champion gymnast was 'born this way' | Cyprus Mail". Cyprus Mail. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Gymnasiade 2013 Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). Brasília 2013 (in Portuguese). p. 30. Retrieved 1 May 2023. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors & Seniors Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. p. 90, 98. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Georgiou Marios". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  7. ^ "6th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  8. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (10 June 2015). "2015 Games of the Small States Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Baku 2015 Results Book Gymnastics Artistic" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Baku 2015. pp. 46, 59. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  10. ^ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  11. ^ "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" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  13. ^ "List of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2016 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Rainbow of nations set to shine in Doha". International Gymnastics Federation. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Ankle injury denies Marios in Rio". News in Cyprus. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  16. ^ "7th Petrom European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men All-Around Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Diversity in Szombathely as newcomers, veterans take gold". International Gymnastics Federation. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Srbić, Varinska victorious at Osijek World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  19. ^ "29th Summer Universiade 2017 Main Results". International University Sports Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  20. ^ "47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Men's Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  21. ^ "Verniaiev continues comeback at Szombathely World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  22. ^ "Dalaloyan ends Russian drought with World All-around title in Doha". International Gymnastics Federation. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Doha World Cup: Ten nations win titles as Olympic qualification comes to an end". International Gymnastics Federation. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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