Kyriakos Ioannou

Kyriakos Ioannou
Personal information
Born 26 July 1984 (1984-07-26) (age 27)
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
Silver 2009 Berlin High jump
Bronze 2007 Osaka High jump
World Indoor Championships
Bronze 2008 Valencia High jump
European Indoor Championships
Silver 2009 Torino High jump

Kyriakos Ioannou (Greek: Κυριάκος Ιωάννου; born 26 July 1984) is a Cypriot high jumper.

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] In the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, he won the silver medal.

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Achievements

2010 Indoor Season

Finished fourth with a (first try) clearance of 2.28 at the season-ending IAAF World Indoor Championships held at Doha, Qatar, on Sunday March 14, 2010: Russian Ivan Ukhov won with a jump of 2.36.

2010 Outdoor Season

His best jump, outdoors in 2010, came at Lausanne on July 8, when he took third place with a jump of 2.30.

2011 Outdoor Season

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]

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 10th
Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 1st
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 3rd
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 3rd 2.35 m NR
Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 2nd
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 3rd 2.30 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 18th
2009 European Indoor Championships Torino, Italy 2nd 2.29 m
Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 1st
World Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 2.32 m SB
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 2.28 m

References

  1. ^ "Cyprus gets its first ever medal winner at worlds". Kathimerini (Agence France-Presse). 30 Aug 2007. http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/sport__KathiLev&xml/&aspKath/sports.asp?fdate=30/08/2007. 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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Andrey Silnov		 Men's High Jump Best Year Performance
alongside Donald Thomas, Yaroslav Rybakov and Stefan Holm
2007		 Succeeded by
Andrey Silnov