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| Born | 9 June 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High Jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 2.25 m (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Roman Anastasios (born 9 June 2002) is an Australian high jumper. He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships and won the silver medal at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships and the bronze medal at the 2025 Summer World University Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]Whilst studying fine arts at the University of Melbourne he won the Australian Unisport Athletics Championships in 2023 and 2024, after which he was named student athlete of the year at the Unisport Awards in 2024.[2] He cleared 2.21 metres to place third at the senior Australian Championships in Adelaide in April 2024.[3] He won the silver medal behind Yual Reath at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji, in June 2024 with a personal best jump of 2.25 metres.[4][5]
Anastasios cleared 2.20 metres to win the inaugural Australian Short Track Championships in Sydney on 1 February 2025.[6][7] He placed third behind Reath and Brandon Starc at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth in April 2025 with a clearance of 2.20 metres.[8]
He won the bronze medal in the high jump at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany in July 2025.[9][10] He competed for Australia at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan in September 2025.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Roman Anastasios". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "Unisport Awards - celebrating excellency in University sports". unisport.com.su. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "Oceania Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "Moloney maintains upward trajectory at Oceania Championships". World Athletics. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "COOL CONNOLLY SIZZLES TO WIN INAUGURAL NATIONAL 60M CROWN". nswis.com.au. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "Australian Short Track Championships". World Athletics. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "Australian Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "BRONZE IN BOCHUM AS SURCH AND ANASTASIOS RISE". Athletics.com.au. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "GREEN AND GOLD TO SHINE IN TOKYO WITH LARGEST ATHLETICS TEAM YET". Athletics.com.au. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.