Kyriakos Ioannou

Kyriakos Ioannou
Personal information
Born (1984-07-26) 26 July 1984
Limassol, Cyprus
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryCyprus
EventHigh jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)2.35 m
2.32 m (indoors)
Medal record
World Championships
2009 BerlinHigh jump
2007 OsakaHigh jump
World Indoor Championships
2008 ValenciaHigh jump
European Indoor Championships
2009 TurinHigh jump
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowHigh jump
2006 MelbourneHigh jump
Mediterranean Games
2005 AlmeraHigh jump
2009 PescaraHigh jump
Universiade
2007 BangkokHigh jump

Kyriakos Ioannou (Greek: Κυριάκος Ιωάννου, born 26 July 1984) is a retired Cypriot high jumper. He has twice won medals at the World Athletics Championships (2007 and 2009) and was the bronze medallist at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He is the only medalist for Cyprus at the World Athletics Championships since its creation in 1983. He's also the Cypriot record holder in the high jump, both outdoors (2.35 m) and indoors (2.32 m). Ioannou is a two-time medallist at the Commonwealth Games (2006 and 2014) and took back-to-back gold medals at the Mediterranean Games in 2005 and 2009.