TROST Alessia

Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: PORDENONE

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : COMO

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's High Jump

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump B	Women's High Jump Qualification - Group A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	High Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5th (1.93)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	High Jump
2010	Singapore, SIN	2nd (1.86)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (1.92)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (1.89)
2013	Moscow, RUS	6th (1.93)

European Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Berlin, GER	8th (1.91)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	High Jump
2021	1 x 5th
2018	2 x 5th, 1 x 7th, 2 x 10th
2017	2 x 4th, 1 x 5th, 1 x 7th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
4	2017	High Jump	Monaco, MON	1.85
4	2017	High Jump	Rome, ITA	1.91
5	2021	High Jump	Gateshead, GBR	1.88
5	2018	High Jump	London, GBR	1.91
5	2018	High Jump	Stockholm, SWE	1.90
5	2017	High Jump	Lausanne, SUI	1.93
7	2018	High Jump	Rome, ITA	1.88
7	2017	High Jump	Stockholm, SWE	1.85
10	2018	High Jump	Zurich, SUI	1.85
10	2018	High Jump	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	1.85

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2019	High Jump	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	1.91
7	2019	High Jump	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	1.90

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Birmingham, GBR	3rd (1.93)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Ale (redbull.com, 05 Jun 2013)

Reading. (Instagram profile, 05 Jan 2021)

Occupation:

Police Athlete, Student

Language Studies - English, Language Studies - German, Language Studies - Spanish - University of Udine, Italy

Partner Alberto Gasparin

Languages spoken:

GA Fiamme Gialle [Italy]

Roberto Vanzillotta [personal], ITA, from 2019

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Alberto Gasparin competed for Italy in the high jump at the 2012 Junior World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Jan 2021; sprintnews.it, 17 Jan 2020)

She missed the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, People's Republic of China, because of an injury to her right Achilles tendon. She required two months of complete rest and a further four weeks of rehabilitation before she could resume training. (fidal.it, 21 Jan 2016)

In April 2014 she ruptured a ligament in her ankle, which kept her out of competitive action for two months. (iodonna.it, 05 Dec 2014; fidalveneto.com, 18 Jun 2014)

She took up high jump at age 10 having previously been a runner. (iodonna.it, 05 Dec 2014)

She went to training camps with her father, who coached the sport at amateur level. (iodonna.it, 05 Dec 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (spikes.worldathletics.org, 10 Apr 2020)

Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova. (iodonna.it, 10 Feb 2016)

Philosophy:

"No excuses, it takes character to keep you there." (Facebook page, 27 Oct 2020)

General Interest

General
BULIMIA
She has suffered from bulimia, and particularly struggled with the condition in the year after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. During this period her mother and coach Gianfranco Chessa both passed away. "I was in a whirlwind, including with food. A strict diet caused me enormous mood swings. I was bulimic. At the 2017 World Championships in London, England, I weighed 66.7 kilograms. After I was eliminated I ate 40 slices of cake, ashamed. Then I realised I was being too harsh on myself. I stopped seeking perfection and started living. I forgave myself, vowed to be less hard on myself and accepted I would sometimes fail." (corriere.it, 28 Jan 2020)

TWO METRES TOO SOON
She says that making a jump of 2.00m at age 19, at a competition in the Czech Republic, had an adverse effect on her psychologically for a period afterwards. "The two metres, which are the Pillars of Hercules of my discipline, arrived too soon. They filled my head with things and were not easy to digest. It led to fear and insecurity." (sport.tiscali.it, 28 Jan 2020; corriere.it, 28 Jan 2020; worldathletics.org, 01 Jan 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied food science and technology at Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona, Italy. (Facebook profile, 13 May 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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