Asia Tavernini
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | High jump: 1.92 m (Brescia, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Asia Tavernini (born 18 September 2001) is an Italian high jumper. She won the Italian Athletics Championships in 2025.[1]
Career
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]
References
- ^ "Asia Tavernini". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Double commitment for Asia Tavernini: 1.85 and 1.82". Fidal.it. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ Benatti, Andrea (1 June 2024). "Asia Tavernini decolla ai QArco Games: primo over 1.90 in carriera! Il VIDEO". Atleticalive.it.
- ^ "Universiadi: Tavernini qualificata". Fidal.it. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Pieroni's idea on top of Italy's high jump". serchioindiretta.it. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Doualla, Polinari, Tavernini: il day 1 dei Campionati di società Assoluti 2025". Atleticamagazine. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ Knox, Beth (July 26, 2025). "FISU 2025: Italy Wins Gold in Water Polo, Asia Tavernini Takes Silver in the High Jump!". Eurosport.
- ^ "Athletics: Six Italian titles for the Fiamme Oro Sports Groups of the State Police at the Caorle National Championships". Agenparl.eu. August 4, 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Tokyo, la squadra azzurra per i Mondiali". Fidal.it. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.