Marios Georgiou (

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: Μάριος Γεωργίου) (born 10 November 1997) is a

Greek Cypriot Greek Cypriots or Cypriot Greeks ( el, Ελληνοκύπριοι, Ellinokýprioi, tr, Kıbrıs Rumları) are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community. According to the 2011 census, 659,115 r ...

male

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

, representing his nation in international competitions. He qualified as a lone gymnast on the Cypriot squad for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

by securing one of the spots available at the Olympic Test Event in

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. Marios won golds in the floor and parallel bars disciplines and the bronze medal in the individual all-around event at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

. He has qualified to represent Cyprus at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in the men's artistic gymnastics all-around event. Recently in 2022 Marios won 3 golds in all individuals around event at the world challenge cup

Early life

Marios Georgiou was born in Cyprus and is the son of a Cypriot father and a Filipina mother.

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* 1997 births Living people Cypriot male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Limassol Gymnasts at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Cyprus Gymnasts at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Cyprus Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Cyprus Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Cyprus Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Cyprus Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Cyprus Mediterranean Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in gymnastics European Games silver medalists for Cyprus Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games European champions in gymnastics Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Cyprus-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub