Alexia Ioana Dospin

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Alexia Ioana Dospin
Personal information
Born (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Triple jump: 14.05 m (Bergen, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
European U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Bergen Triple jump

Alexia Ioana Dospin (born 4 July 2003) is a Romanian triple jumper. She won the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships. [1]

Career

She is a member of CSM Constanța, where she is coached by Carmen Botea. [2] She placed seventh in the final of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. [3] [4] [5]

In February 2025, she jumped a personal best 13.75 metres to win the junior category and finish runner-up in the senior Romanian Indoor Athletics Championships behind Diana Ana Maria Ion. [6] [7]

In July 2025, she won the U23 Romanian title in Craiova, with a best jump of 13.68 metres. [8] She won the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, with a personal best jump of 14.05 metres. She had also previously jumped a personal best of 13.89m in the second round. [9] [10] She had qualified for the final with the sixth best jump of 13.74 metres. [11] It was the first Romanian gold medal at the Championships since 2017, in Bydgoszcz, Poland, where Elena Panțuroiu also won the triple jump title. [3]

References

  1. "Alexia Ioana Dospin". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. "CSM Constanța: Alexia Dospin and Ioana Manoliu, on the podium at the Winter Run Athletics Cup". Focuspress.ro. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 Savin, Nicu (18 July 2025). "ALEXIA IOANA DOSPIN, GOLD FOR ROMANIA AT THE U23 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, IN THE TRIPLE JUMP! FIRST TIME IN 8 YEARS". Eurosport.ro. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  5. "Under-20 World Championships: Alexia Ioana Dospin, 7th place in the triple jump final". desteptarea.ro. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  6. "CSM Constanța, nine medals at the National Championship and qualifications for the European Championship". ziuaconstanta.ro. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  7. "Romanian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  8. "Romanian U23 Championships". World Athletics. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  9. Szreter-Kelly, Alissa (18 July 2025). "Dospin breaks 14-metre barrier to claim triple jump gold in Bergen". European Athletics. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  10. "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  11. Osan, Adina (18 July 2025). "Athletics: Alexia Ioana Dospin, gold medal in the triple jump final, at the U23 European Championships, in Bergen". news.ro. Retrieved 18 July 2025.