Kyriakos Ioannou

Kyriakos Ioannou

Personal information
Born	(1984-07-26) 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 Silver 2009 Berlin High jump Bronze 2007 Osaka High jump World Indoor Championships Bronze 2008 Valencia High jump European Indoor Championships Silver 2009 Turin High jump Commonwealth Games Bronze 2006 Melbourne High jump Mediterranean Games Gold 2005 Almera High jump Gold 2009 Pescara High jump Universiade Silver 2007 Bangkok High jump

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

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

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]

Competition record

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

References

External links

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

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