Sonia Malavisi

Sonia Malavisi
Malavisi in 2018
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 30)
Rome, Italy
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
Club
Coached by
  • Alexandre Navas Paez
  • Emanuel Margesin (2019-)
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Pole vault: 4.51 (2016)
Medal record
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Rieti Pole vault

Sonia Malavisi (born 31 October 1994) is an Italian pole vaulter.

Biography

A fellow Roman like her compatriot Roberta Bruni, she also comes from the Artistic Gymnastics. At the pole vault, her junior personal best (4.42 m) is the second best junior world performance in 2013 and 49th at senior level.[1][2]

By clearing 4.50m at Castiglione della Pescaia on 17 May 2016, she qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she ranked 21st, clearing 4.45m.

Her personal best is 4.51m on 17 July 2016 during the 30th Meeting Internazionale Città di Padova.[3]

National records

Junior
  • Pole vault: 4.42 m (Italy Rieti, 5 July 2013) - Current holder[4]

Progression

   Personal best
Pole vault outdoor
Year Performance Venue Date
2021 4.45[5] Italy Florence 15 MAY 2021
2020 4.30 Italy Rieti 08 AUG 2020
2019 4.46 Poland Bydgoszcz 10 AUG 2019
2018 4.36 Greece Athens 22 JUN 2018
2017 4.40 Italy Rieti 21 MAY 2017
2016 4.51 Italy Padua 17 JUL 2016
2015 4.40 Italy Rieti 28 JUN 2015
2014 4.35 Italy Rieti 29 JUN 2014
2013 4.42 Italy Rieti 05 JUL 2013
2012 4.05 Spain Barcelona 12 JUL 2012
2011 3.80 Italy Rieti 01 OCT 2011
2010 3.30 Italy Rieti 12 SEP 2010

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes
2012 World Junior Championships Spain Barcelona Qual Pole vault 4.05 m
2013 European Team Championships United Kingdom Gateshead 6th Pole vault 4.25 m [6]
European Junior Championships Italy Rieti 3rd Pole vault 4.20 m
2015 European U23 Championships Estonia Tallinn 11th Pole vault 4.05 m
2016 Olympic Games Brazil Rio de Janeiro 21st Pole vault 4.45 m
2019 European Team Championships Poland Bydgoszcz 5th Pole vault 4.46 m SB

National titles

Senior (4)

She also won one youth (2011)[7] and one junior (2013) individual national championship.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pole Vault Women". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Pole Vault Women". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Pole Vault WOMEN - RESULTS". www.fidal.it. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Record junior Malavisi sale a 4,42" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Bruni vola a Firenze: 4,60 record italiano!" (in Italian). fidal.it. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. ^ "2013 European Team Championships2013 European Team Championships - Results". EAA. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Rieti, triplo stellare e sorpresa Malavisi" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 2 October 2011.