Alessia Trost

Italian high jumper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alessia Trost (born 8 March 1993) is an Italian female high jumper. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in High jump.[1]

NationalityItalian
Born (1993-03-08) 8 March 1993 (age 33)
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
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Alessia Trost
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1993-03-08) 8 March 1993 (age 33)
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
Event
High jump
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached byGianfranco Chessa
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • H. jump indoor: 2.00 m (2013)
  • H. jump outdoor: 1.98 m (2013)
Medal record
International podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Indoor Championships 0 0 1
European Indoor Championships 0 1 0
European U23 Championships 2 0 0
European Team Championships 0 2 2
Total 2 3 3
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 BirminghamHigh jump
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 PragueHigh jump
European Team Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 GatesheadHigh jump
Silver medal – second place2021 SilesiaHigh jump
Bronze medal – third place2017 LilleHigh jump
Bronze medal – third place2019 BydgoszczHigh jump
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 BarcelonaHigh jump
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 BrixenHigh jump
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She won the 2009 World Youth Championship in Athletics in Bressanone. She was the bronze medallist at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Biography

Trost also won the Italian Youth Championship in 2008.[2] At the first Youth Olympics 2010 she won a silver medal clearing 1.86 metres, to finish second behind Russia′s Mariya Kuchina.

On 20 January 2013 she set her personal best, third Italian best measure of all-time (after two female Italian champions, Antonietta Di Martino 2.04 m and Sara Simeoni 2.01 m), with 1.98 m in Udine, Italy.[3] Nine days later she became the third Italian woman to jump 2.00m,[4] and 2013 World Leader.[5] On 26 February 2012 she won the title of the European Athletic Association, European Athletes of the Month for January.[6]

In August, at her first appearance at the World Championships in 2013, Trost jumped 1.93 m in the high jump final without making errors, but then failed to jump 1.97 m and finished 7th.

Achievements

National titles

Trost won nine national championships at individual senior level.[8]

See also

References

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