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Lia Apostolovski (born 23 June 2000) is a Slovenian track and field athlete and a multiple high jump national champion.
Early and personal life
Apostolovski was born in Ljubljana. Lia's father, Sašo Apostolovski, is a former high jump national record holder. She is coached by Slovenia's current high jump record holder Rožle Prezelj.
Career
Apostolovski won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.
Competing at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, she reached the final and finished in 7th place (1.90m).
On 5 August 2023, she set a new personal best, clearing 1.95m at a competition in Heilbronn. At the end of August 2023, she reached the final at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, and finished in 9th place (1.90m).
In February 2024, she equalled her personal best at the Banskobystricka latka competition. She secured her first world championship podium at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, where she won the bronze medal, once again equalling her personal best. She finished third in the high jump at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat.
At the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, she again reached the final, this time finishing in 9th place, with the same height as two years earlier (1.90m).
