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| Nationality | Slovenia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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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. She is a multiple time national champion in the high jump.[1]
Personal life
Her father is a former high jumper and former Slovenian record holder Sašo Apostolovski. She is coached by the Slovenian high jump record holder Rožle Prezelj.[2]
Career
She won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.[3]
Competing at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, in Munich, she reached the final and reached seventh place.[4]
In August 2023, she set a new personal best to clear 1.95m in Heilbronn, Germany. She reached the final at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, and finished in ninth place.[5]
She competed at the 2023 Diamond League event in Xiamen, China in September 2023, and finished second in the high jump with a 1.92m clearance.[6]
References
- ↑ "L.Apostolovski". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ Kastelic, Peter (18 July 2022). "Obetavna skakalka v višino gre po sledeh svojega očeta in trenerja". slovenska-Athletika. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Mahuchikh and Euro U-23 Olympians shine". gosports.com. July 12, 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Lia Apostolovski presegla pričakovanja, do brona zmanjkali le 3 cm". rtvslo.si. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Women's High Jump Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Womens high jump results". xiamen.diamondleague. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.