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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Iosif Papa

  • Position Throws
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 215
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Nicosia, Cyprus

Biography

Accolades 

  • Named UMBC’s Male Rookie of the Year the 2022-23 Gritty's 

2023 Outdoor

  • Capped his initial campaign by finishing 28th in the county with a discus toss of 53.36 meters at NCAA East Regionals  
  • The ECAC Champion in the discus, with a throw of 52.27m
  • Captured the America East crown in the discus with a throw of 53.15m
  • Earned bronze in the ultra-competitive Penn Relays with a discus throw of 51.78m
  • Captured his fourth gold medal in as many weeks with a discus throw of 54.07m in the Bison Classic 
  • Won the discus at Mason’s Dalton Ebanks Invitational, the Towson Invitational and the Weems Baskin Invitational  

BACKGROUND           
  • Finished 15th in the discus (55.06m) at the 2022 U-20 World Athletics Championships in Cali, Columbia
  • Considering a major in financial economics
  • First name is pronounced “Joseph”
  • His career ambition is to be a multimillionaire
  • A fan of Panathinaikos FC (Greece) and the movie Project X

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Throws
    6'3" 215 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Throws
    6'3" 215 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    Throws
    6'3" 215 lbs
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