 He is the only medalist for Cyprus at the World Athletics Championships since its creation in 1983.He's also the Cypriot record holder, 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.