Antrea Mita

Antrea Mita
2026 European Championships
Personal information
Born (2005-05-04) 4 May 2005
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHigh jump 2.26 m (2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Greece
Balkan Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 VolosHigh jump

Antrea Mita (born 4 May 2005) is a Greek high jumper. He is a multiple-time Greek national champion.[1]

Biography

Mita is from Preveza and is a member of A.S. "EVZIN" Preveza, where he is coached by Sila Geronta.[2][3] He won the senior Greek Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2021 with a jump of 1.98 metres.[4] He won the senior outdoor Greek Athletics Championships in July 2023 alongside Antonios Merlos, with both athletes clearing 2.19 metres.[5]

He retained his Greek championship title in 2024, with a new personal best, jumping 2.20 metres.[2] He placed fifth in the high jump at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[6]

Competition for the University of Houston in February 2025, he cleared a new personal best of 2.26 metres.[7] Mita places thirteenth at the 2025 NCAA Championships,[8] and was selected to represent Greece at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway.[9] In July, he placed fourth with 2.15 metres for the high jump at the 2025 Balkan Athletics Championships with a jump of 2.20 metres.[10]

Mita placed second at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship in February 2026, with a jump of 2.22 metres.[11] He placed eighth overall with 2.15 metres at the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[12] In May, he equalled his personal best with 2.26 metres to win the Big 12 Outdoor Championships.[13][14] In June, he qualified for the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[15] That month, he won the gold medal in the high jump at the 2026 Balkan Athletics Championships with a jump of 2.20 metres.[16] In August 2026, he competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, qualifying for the final and placing joint-eleventh.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Antrea Mita". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Andrea Mita is Greek Champion – "Flying" with 2.20m and a new individual record". onprevezanews.gr. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Balkan gold medalist Andrea Mita and his coach Sila Geronta on Radio Preveza 93: From Volos to the dream of the Pan-European Championship". onprevezanews.gr. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Greek Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 12 Feb 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Greek Championships". World Athletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Great individual record for Mita with 2.26 m. in height". Segas. February 14, 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Papaioannou, Theano (June 14, 2025). "NCAA Finals: Pavlidis 6th in Discus, Mita 13th in High Jump". Athlead. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (12 Jul 2025). "Bergen 2025 - Men's Field Preview". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Balkan Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  11. ↑ https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7233585?eventId=10229615
  12. ↑ "Arkansas & Georgia Claim The 2026 NCAA D1 Indoor National Team T&F Titles". Flotrack. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "Texas Tech Tops 2026 Big 12 Track and Field Championships, Titled Indoor and Outdoor Champions". Big12Sports. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Texas Tech Sweeps Big 12 Team Titles For Second Consecutive Year". Runnerspace. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "NCAA Track And Field Championships 2026 Qualifiers". Flotrack. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "Balkan Championship: Mita wins "Gold" in the high jump". real.gr. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 14 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
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