Emilia Nova

Emilia Nova
nation	Indonesia
birthday	20th August 1995 (age 25)
place of birth	Jakarta , Indonesia
size	173 cm
Weight	60 kg
Career
discipline	Hurdles sprint , heptathlon
Best performance	13.33 s
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games 0 × 1 × 0 × Southeast Asian Games 1 × 1 × 0 ×
Asian Games silver Jakarta 2018 100 m hurdles  Southeast Asian Games silver Kuala Lumpur 2017 Heptathlon gold Capas 2019 100 m hurdles
last change: June 28, 2020

Emilia Nova (born August 20, 1995 in Jakarta ) is an Indonesian hurdler who specializes in the 100 meter distance and also competes in the heptathlon.

Athletic career

Emilia Nova gained her first international experience at the Asian Championships in Pune , where she was eliminated in the first round with 14.67 seconds. She then finished fifth in 14.41 s at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang . In 2014 she took part in the Junior Asian Championships in Taipei , where she finished fourth in 14.27 s. She also competed with the Indonesian 4 x 100 meter relay and finished sixth in 46.80 s. The following year she was also fourth at the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore with a time of 13.78 s. Two years later she started the heptathlon at the Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur , where she set a new national record with 5386 points, winning the silver medal behind the Thai Sunisa Khotseemueang . In 2018 she took part in the Asian Games in her native Jakarta for the first time , where she won the silver medal behind South Korean Jung Hye-lim with a new personal best of 13.33 seconds .

In 2019 she was eliminated from the Asian Championships in Doha with 13.70 seconds, as well as from the subsequent Summer Universiade in Naples with 14.19 seconds. In December she then won the Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur in 13.61 s.

In 2017 Nova became Indonesian champion in the 100-meter hurdles and with the 4-by-100-meter relay. She graduated from Jakarta State University with a degree in Sports and Recreational Science .

Personal best

• 100 m hurdles: 13.33 s (+0.2 m / s), August 26, 2018 in Jakarta
• Heptathlon: 5386 points, August 25, 2017 in Kuala Lumpur ( Indonesian record )

Web links

• Emilia Nova in the database of World Athletics (English)