NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Competing for her native Greece, Yale women's track and field first-year high jumper Olympia Tzouveli (Volos, Greece) finished 11th in the final Sunday with a jump of 1.80m at the World Athletics U20 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.  Australia's Izobelle Louison-Roe won with a jump of 1.92m.
 
Formerly known as the World Junior Championships, the biennial event brings together more than 1,800 of the best U20 athletes in the world, representing 147 member federations.
 
Tzouveli has a personal best of 1.85m, which she achieved while placing second at the Balkan U20 Championships last month. She won Greece's indoor championship (1.74m) in February, and Greece's U20 championship (1.81m) for the third year in a row last month. She took third place at the Balkan U20 Championship (1.76m) in 2025. 
 
Tzouveli is a graduate of 1st General Lyceum of Nea Ionia.