LARISSA IAPICHINO
Date of Birth: 18/07/2002
Place of Birth: Borgo San Lorenzo (Firenze)
Weight x Height: 56 x 1,71
Speciality: Long Jump
First Club: Atletica Firenze Marathon
Club: Fiamme Oro
First Coach: Enrico Mancini
Coach: Gianni Iapichino
Other Sports: Dancing, swimming, artistic gymnastics
Hobby: Writing
Relationship Status: Single
Olympic Club: Yes
Olympic Appearances:
1 (Parigi 2024)
Biography
Good pedigree doesn't lie: she is the daughter of Fiona May, two-time Olympic silver medallist in the long jump, and Gianni Iapichino, her current coach and former Italian pole vault record holder. After eight years dedicated to dance, swimming and artistic gymnastics, in the summer of 2015 she decided to concentrate on athletics: first in sprints, then in hurdles and finally, starting in 2020, solely and exclusively in the long jump pit. At the Savona meeting, she landed at 6.80m, the second-best Italian ever. A year later in Ancona, she grew further with a mark of 6.91m, the world U20 indoor record, equalling her mother's national outright indoor record. In 2023, she improved again with the Italian indoor record of 6.97m, after having equalled it again in Istanbul for the indoor European silver medal. Outdoors, she debuted with a personal best of 6.83m and won three Diamond League meets, achieving 6.95m after having won the title at the European U23 Championships in Espoo with 6.93m. In June 2024, she then won the European silver medal in Rome with 6.94m. A creative and positive girl, in her free time she enjoys writing and is a law student. Excluded from the Tokyo 2020 Games due to an injury, in Paris 2024 she’s ready to really take flight.
Print
Palmares
Olympic Games
4ª Parigi (FRA) 2024
World Championships
14ª Eugene (USA) 2022
5ª Budapest (HUN) 2023
European Championships
5ª Monaco (GER) 2022
2ª Roma (ITA) 2024
Other Games
Giochi Europei - European Games
3ª Cracovia (POL) 2023