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Eleftherios Kosmidis
Full nameEleftherios Kosmidis
Born (1991-05-06) 6 May 1991 (age 33)
HometownAthens, Greece
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's Artistic Gymnastics
Country represented Greece
LevelSenior International
Head coach(es)Georgios Angelou
Medal record
Representing  Greece
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Rotterdam Floor Exercise
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Montpelier Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2010 Birmingham Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sofia Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Amsterdam Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan Floor Exercise
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara Floor Exercise
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Floor Exercise

Eleftherios Kosmidis (born 6 May 1991) in Greece is an international elite artistic gymnast and a former world champion on Men's Floor Exercise.

Junior Career

2006 Kosmidis came fourth in both the European Junior Championship in 2006.

2007 On October 28, 2007 Kosmidis won a Bronze medal on Floor at the gymnastics World Cup in Stuttgart. He went onto compete at the World Cup Grand Prix in Glasgow, winning two medals: silver in the floor exercise and bronze on Vault.

2008 In 2008, Kosmidis became Junior European champion on the Men's Floor Exercise ahead of Christian Bazan and Daniel Keatings with a score of 15.525. He went onto win Bronze medals on Floor at the World Cup Grand Prix in Glasgow once again later that year.

Senior Career

In 2009 he competed as a Senior at the European Championships in Milan winning a Bronze medal on Floor Exercise.

In 2010 he won a Silver medal on Floor at the European Championships in Birmingham behind Matthias Farhig. He went onto compete at the World Championships in Rotterdam where qualified to the Floor final in 1st place. In the final competition he won a Gold medal on Floor with a score of 15.700, beating All-Around champion Kohei Uchimura and Daniel Purvis.

In 2011 he failed to qualify for the Floor Exercise final at the World Championships in Tokyo, coming in 10th place in the qualification round. He returned to compete at the World Championships in Antwerp in 2013 but once again did not qualify for any of the finals.

In 2014 he competed at the World Championships in Nanning, China. He placed 7th on Floor Exercise in qualifications with a score of 15.533 qualifying him to the Individual Floor Exercise Final.