Asia Tavernini
Italian athlete (born 2002)
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Asia Tavernini (born 18 September 2001) is an Italian high jumper. She won the Italian Athletics Championships in 2025.[1]
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | High jump: 1.92 m (Brescia, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
From Riva del Garda, in the province of Trento in the Trentino Alto Adige region, she is a member of US Quercia Dao Conad and a member of the Fiamme Oro.[2]
She is coached by Silvano Chesani. In 2024, she jumped 1.90 metres for the first time whilst competing in Arco, Trentino.[3][4] She was runner-up on countback to Idea Pieroni in the high jump competition at the 2024 Italian Athletics Championships in La Spezia, in June 2024, with both athletes clearing 1.88 metres.[5]
She jumped a personal best clearance of 1.92 metres in Brescia in June 2025.[6] She won the silver medal at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany in the women's high jump, the following month.[7][8] She won the Italian Athletics Championships in August 2025 with a jump of 1.87 metres in Caorle.[9]
She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, clearing 1.83 metres without advancing to the final.[10][11]
In August 2026, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, placing seventh overall.[12]
