| Lia Apostolovski | |
| Nationality: | Slovenia |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | High Jump |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Pb: | High jump: 1.95m (2023) |
Lia Apostolovski (born 23 June 2000) is a Slovenian track and field athlete and a multiple high jump national champion.[1]
Apostolovski was born in Ljubljana.[2] 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.[3]
Apostolovski won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.[4]
Competing at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, she reached the final and finished in 7th place (1.90m).[5]
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).[6]
In February 2024, she equalled her personal best at the Banskobystricka latka competition.[7] 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.[8] She finished third in the high jump at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat.[9]
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).