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| Nationality | Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 June 2000 Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High Jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 1.95m (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lia Apostolovski (born 23 June 2000) is a Slovenian track and field athlete and a multiple high jump national champion. [1]
Apostolovski was born in Ljubljana. [2] Lia's 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]
Apostolovski won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn. [4]
Competing at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, she reached the final and finished in 7th place (1.90m). [5]
On 5 August 2023, she set a new personal best, clearing 1.95m at a competition in Heilbronn.[ citation needed ] 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). [6]
In February 2024, she equalled her personal best at the Banskobystricka latka competition. [7] 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. [8] She finished third in the high jump at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat. [9]
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).
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