Asia Tavernini
Asia Tavernini is an Italian high jumper. She won the Italian Athletics Championships in 2025.
Career
From Riva del Garda, in the province of Trento in the Trentino Alto Adige region, she is a member of US Quercia Dao Conad and a member of the Fiamme Oro.She is coached by Silvano Chesani. In 2024, she jumped 1.90 metres for the first time whilst competing in Arco, Trentino. She was runner-up on countback to Idea Pieroni in the high jump competition at the 2024 Italian Athletics Championships in La Spezia, in June 2024, with both athletes clearing 1.88 metres.
She jumped a personal best clearance of 1.92 metres in Brescia in June 2025. She won the silver medal at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany in the women's high jump, the following month. She won the Italian Athletics Championships in August 2025 with a jump of 1.87 metres in Caorle.
She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, clearing 1.83 metres without advancing to the final.