Lia Apostolovski

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Lia Apostolovski
Lia Apostolovski Glasgow 2024.jpg
Apostolovski at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality Slovenia
Born (2000-06-23) 23 June 2000 (age 24)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHigh jump: 1.95m (2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Glasgow High jump
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Tallinn High jump

Lia Apostolovski (born 23 June 2000) is a Slovenian track and field athlete and a multiple high jump national champion. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games. She was a bronze medalist at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships. [1]

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Early and personal life

Apostolovski was born in Ljubljana. [2] Her father, Sašo Apostolovski, is a former high jump national record holder. She is coached by Slovenia's current high jump record holder Rožle Prezelj. [3]

Career

Apostolovski began taking high jumping seriously late at 16 years-old, but by 2016 was capable of clearing 1.65 metres. She cleared 1.80 metres at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Boras, Sweden where she finished in eighth place overall. Later that season though she reached a new personal best of 1.86 metres. She made a significant personal best in 2020, when she managed a jump of 1.92 metres. She made her senior major competition debut at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland in March 2021, without qualifying for the final. That summer, she he won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn. [4] [5]

She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon where she qualified for her first senior major final, finishing in twelfth place overall. [5] Competing at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, she reached the final and finished in 7th place (1.90m). [6]

On 21 July 2023, she made her Diamond League debut in Monaco. [7] On 5 August 2023, she set a new personal best, clearing 1.95m at a competition in Heilbronn. [8] At the end of August 2023, she reached the final at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, and finished in 9th place (1.90m). [9]

In February 2024, she equalled her personal best at the Banskobystricka latka competition. [10] She secured her first world championship podium at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, where she won the bronze medal, once again equalling her personal best. [11] She finished third in the high jump at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat. [12]

At the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, she again reached the final, this time finishing in 9th place, with the same height as two years earlier (1.90m). [13] She competed in the high jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics where a 1.83 metres clearance was not enough to see her reach the final. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "L.Apostolovski". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Lia Apostolovski" (PDF). Slovenska-atletika.si. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Kastelic, Peter (18 July 2022). "Obetavna skakalka v višino gre po sledeh svojega očeta in trenerja". slovenska-Athletika. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Mahuchikh and Euro U-23 Olympians shine". gosports.com. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 Viškovič, Rok (March 2024). "Dekle, rojeno za skoke pod oblake in velike stvari". SportKlub.nlinfo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Lia Apostolovski presegla pričakovanja, do brona zmanjkali le 3 cm". rtvslo.si. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Lia Apostolovski do zmage v Luksemburgu". sportklub.n1info.si (in Slovenian). 30 July 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Internationales Hochsprungmeeting Heilbronn". World Athletics. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Women's High Jump Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Topic equals her national record with 1.97m in Banska Bystrica". European Athletics. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Women's High Jump Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  13. ↑ "Women High Jump Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Women's high jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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