Alessia Trost

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'''Alessia Trost''' (born 8 March 1993) is an Italian female high jumper. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in High jump.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Athletics - TROST Alessia|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1295019-trost-alessia.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-09-20|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005195733/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1295019-trost-alessia.htm |archive-date=2021-10-05 }}</ref>

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.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=t/country=ita/athcode=245173/index.html From Iaaf website]</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Trost-boom-1-98-ad-Udine/50956|title=Trost boom 1,98 ad Udine|publisher=fidal.it|language=it|access-date=20 January 2013}}</ref> Nine days later she became the third Italian woman to jump 2.00m,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Trost-2-metri-nella-storia/50990|title=Trost 2 metri nella storia|publisher=fidal.it|language=it|access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref> and 2013 World Leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/trost-cracks-two-metres-in-trinec-as-barshim|title=TROST CRACKS TWO METRES IN TRINEC AS BARSHIM IMPROVES WORLD LEAD|publisher=iaaf.org|access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref> On 26 February 2012 she won the title of the European Athletic Association, ''European Athletes of the Month'' for January.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/athlete-of-the-month.html |title=Lavillenie and Trost voted European Athletes of the Month for January |publisher=european-athletics.orgeuropean-athletics.org |access-date=20 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207030336/http://www.european-athletics.org/athlete-of-the-month.html |archive-date=2012-02-07 }}</ref>

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== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- | rowspan=2|2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | bgcolor=gold|1st | 1.87 m {{AthAbbr|PB}} |- | European Youth Olympic Festival | Tampere, Finland | bgcolor=gold|1st | 1.85 m |- | 2010 | Youth Olympic Games | Singapore | bgcolor=silver|2nd | 1.86 m |- | 2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 4th | 1.85 m |- | 2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | bgcolor=gold|1st | 1.91 m |- | rowspan=4|2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 4th | 1.92 m |- | European Team Championships | Gateshead, United Kingdom | bgcolor=silver|2nd | 1.92 m<ref>{{cite web|url=http://la.sportresult.com/ajax/eaa2.asp?module=timetable_date&event_day=1&event_id=10013300000001&lang=en |title=2013 European Team Championships2013 European Team Championships - Results |publisher=EAA |access-date=24 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626135406/http://la.sportresult.com/ajax/eaa2.asp?event_id=10013300000001&event_day=1&module=timetable_date&lang=en |archive-date=26 June 2013 }}</ref> |- | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | bgcolor=gold|1st | 1.98 m {{AthAbbr|CR}} |- | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 7th | 1.93 m |- | rowspan=2|2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | bgcolor=silver|2nd | 1.97 m |- | European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | bgcolor=gold|1st | 1.90 m |- | rowspan=3|2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 7th | 1.93 m |- | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5th | 1.89 m |- | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5th | 1.93 m |- | rowspan=2|2017 | European Team Championships | Lille, France | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | 1.94 m |- | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | {{tooltip|Qual.|Eliminated in Qualification}} | 1.89 m |- | rowspan=2|2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | 1.93 m {{AthAbbr|SB}} |- | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 8th | 1.91 m |- | rowspan=2|2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 18th (q) | 1.85 m |- | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 14th (q) | 1.92 m |- |rowspan=2|2021 |European Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |6th |1.92 m |- |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |20th (q) |1.90 m |}

==National titles== Trost won nine national championships at individual senior level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONESSE%20ITALIANE.pdf|title=TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020|website=sportolimpico.it|date=1 January 2021|accessdate=13 September 2021}}</ref>

*Italian Athletics Championships **High jump: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019 (4) *Italian Athletics Indoor Championships **High jump: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021 (5)

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