Ilias Georgiou

Georgiou began gymnastics when he was six years old.^[2] He competed at the 2016 Junior European Championships and finished 22nd in the all-around final.^[3] He also qualified for the still rings final, finishing sixth.^[4]

Georgiou represented Cyprus at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, helping the team finish in fourth place. He qualified for the individual all-around final, finishing ninth.^[5] He also finished seventh in both the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals.^[6][7] He then competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and helped the Cypriot team finish fifth and finishing eighth in the all-around. He also qualified for the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals, finishing eighth and fourth, respectively.^[8] He competed at his first World Championships and finished 39th in the all-around qualification round.^[9]

Georgiou won a bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the 2019 Osijek World Cup.^[10] He then won a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the Koper World Challenge Cup.^[11] At the World Championships, he finished 93rd in the all-around qualification and missed out on an Olympic berth.^[12][13] After the World Championships, he won a silver medal on the horizontal bar at the Cottbus World Cup.^[14]

At the 2021 Cairo World Cup, Georgiou won silver medals on both the parallel bars and horizontal bar.^[15] He finished 14th in the all-around final at the 2021 European Championships.^[16] He then competed at the 2021 World Championships and finished eighth in the horizontal bar final.^[17]

Georgiou won a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the 2022 Cairo World Cup.^[18] He then competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and helped the Cypriot team finish sixth.^[19] He represented Cyprus at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, helping the team win the bronze medal behind England and Canada.^[20][21] He then won the gold medal in the horizontal bar final, becoming the only non-English gold medalist in the men's events.^[22][23][24] He then competed at the Paris World Challenge Cup, winning a silver medal on the horizontal bar behind Brody Malone.^[25] He qualified for the horizontal bar final at the World Championships, finishing sixth.^[26]

Georgiou won a gold medal on the horizontal bar at the 2023 Szombathely World Challenge Cup.^[27] He also competed at the Cottbus World Cup and placed eighth in the parallel bars final.^[28] At the World Championships, he finished 40th in the all-around during the qualification round and did not earn an Olympic berth.^[29][30]

At the 2024 European Championships, Georgiou helped Cyprus qualify for its first-ever European team final.^[31] They went on the finish in seventh place.^[32]