Ioannis "Yanni" Chronopoulos (born March 18, 2002) is a Canadian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. He competed in collegiate gymnastics for the

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. He was a member of the silver medal winning teams at the 2025 Pan American Championships and the 2025 World University Games.

Early life

Chronopoulos was born in 2002 to Nick and Iryna Chronopoulos. He was raised in

Milton, Ontario Milton (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population 132,979) is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Between 2001 and 2011, Milton was the fastest growing m ...

. When Chronopoulos was 14 he tore his ACL and had to undergo a special juvenile procedure in order to keep his growth plate in place.

Gymnastics career

Chronopoulos competed at the inaugural Junior World Championships in summer 2019 alongside

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and Evgeny Siminiuc. Together they placed fifth as a team. In 2021 Chronopoulos began competing in NCAA gymnastics for the

. Chronopoulos was named as the alternate for the 2024 Olympic team. The following year he competed at the 2025 Pan American Championships where he helped Canada win silver behind the United States. Individually he placed fifth on rings. The following month he competed at the 2025 World University Games alongside Matteo Bardana,

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, and Jayson Rampersad. Together they finished second behind Japan, earning Canada its first ever men's team medal at the

FISU World University Games The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a portmanteau of the words "Universi ...

Competitive history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chronopoulos, Ioannis 2002 births Living people 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Canadian male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Milton, Ontario Nebraska Cornhuskers men's gymnasts Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics FISU World University Games silver medalists for Canada