Roberta Bruni (born 8 March 1994) is an Italian

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er. She competed at the

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and

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, in pole vault. Her personal best of 4.73 m is the Italian record for the event.

Career

Her personal best indoor (4.60 m) is the second best

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performance of all-time after the

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of the Swedish

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, established at the 2013 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships. Her height of 4.35 m established on 16 June 2012 in

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was the third best by a

athlete that year. She is a friend of fellow Italian pole vaulter

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. In 2021, she participated in the Tokyo Olympics, but failed to make it past the qualifying stages stopping at 4.25m. In 2022, she participated in the World Championships in Eugene and the European Championships in Munich. In Eugene, she failed to qualify for the final after jumping 4.35 m on her second attempt and failing to clear 4.50 m. In Monaco, she reached the final and finished the European championships in seventh place with a measure of 4.55 m, jumped on her third attempt. In 2023, after a lower-than-expected World Championships in Budapest (in which she failed to pass the qualifying round), she set a new Italian record in Chiari on September 4, with a measure of 4.73 m.

National records

* Pole vault outdoor: 4.73 m ( Chiari, Italy, 4 September 2023) - Current holder * Pole vault indoor: 4.70 m (

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, France, 28 February 2025) - Current holder

Progression

Starting with the 2022 season – when

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adopted the current World Rankings system – events such as pole vault, high jump, long jump, triple jump and shot put will have a single seasonal ranking, which includes both outdoor and indoor performances, rather than two separate lists. ;Pole vault outdoor Updatet to 6 September 2023 ;Pole vault indoor

Achievements

National titles

Bruni has won 11 national championships at individual

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**Pole vault: 2014, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 (5) *

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**Pole vault: 2013, 2015,

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, 2021, 2023, 2025 (6)

References

External links

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Roberta Bruni
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Roberta Bruni – CONI – Paris 2024
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruni, Roberta 1994 births Italian female pole vaulters Living people Athletes from Rome Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Italian Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy 21st-century Italian sportswomen European Games competitors for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics