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

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er who won silver medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.

Biography

She is the daughter of former

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er Gianni Iapichino and former

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, who is a two time Olympic silver medalist. In 2020 at under-20 level her personal best, 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 start her youth carrier winning gold medal at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships. 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 –

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, 16 July 2020

Achievements

National titles

Iapichino has won five national championships at individual

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level. *

Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, wa ...

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 ...

: 2020, 2021, 2022 (3) *

Italian Athletics Indoor Championships The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in Athletics (sport), athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from ...

**Long jump: 2021, 2023 (2)

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* {{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