Larissa Iapichino (; born 18 July 2002) is an Italian

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er who won silver medals at the 2023 European Indoor Championships and 2024 European Athletics Outdoor Championships and gold at the

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Biography

She is the daughter of former

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Gianni Iapichino Gianni Iapichino (born March 2, 1969) is an Italian athletics coach and former pole vaulter, long jumper and heptathlete. Biography Iapichino finished second behind Tim Bright in the pole vault event at the British 1991 AAA Championships. From ...

and former

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, who was a two time Olympic silver medalist. In 2020 at under-20 level her

personal best A personal record, or a personal best (abbreviated to PB), is an individual's best performance in a given sporting discipline. It is most commonly found in athletic sports, such as track and field, other forms of running, swimming and weightlifting ...

, 6.80 m, was the 5th best world performance of 2020 and 2nd all-time in

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lists at senior level, 4th all time U20 world wide at first year of category.

Career

She started her youth career winning gold medal at the

2019 European Athletics U20 Championships The 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships were the 25th edition of the biennial European U20 athletics championships. They were held in Borås, Sweden from 18 July to 21 July. Beginning with this edition the long-distance races for men were 30 ...

. On 20 February 2021, Iapichino long jumped a World Record Under-20 years.

Statistics

World record

;Under 20 *Long jump: 6.91 m –

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, 20 February 2021

National records

;Senior * Long jump indoor: 6.97 m -

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, 5 March 2023 ;Under 20 * Long jump: 6.80 m –

Savona Savona (; ) is a seaport and (municipality) in the west part of the northern Italian region of Liguria, and the capital of the Province of Savona. Facing the Ligurian Sea, Savona is the main center of the Riviera di Ponente (the western se ...

, 16 July 2020

Achievements

National titles

Iapichino has won six national italian championships at individual

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level. *

Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships () are the national championships in Athletics (sport), athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, was held in 1906 at Arena Civica in ...

**Long jump:

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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Italian Athletics Indoor Championships The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships () are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition was held in Genoa). Titles assigned conce ...

**Long jump:

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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Notes

References

External links

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Larissa Iapichino
at the

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

Larissa Iapichino – CONI – Paris 2024
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iapichino, Larissa 2002 births Living people Italian female long jumpers Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle People from Borgo San Lorenzo Italian people of English descent Italian Athletics Championships winners Italian people of Jamaican descent Sportspeople of Jamaican descent Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Florence Athletes from Tuscany Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Italy European Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy 21st-century Italian sportswomen European Athletics Indoor Championships winners