Sonia Malavisi

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Sonia Malavisi
Sonia Malavisi 2018.jpg
Malavisi in 2018
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 28)
Rome, Italy
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Club
Coached by
  • Alexandre Navas Paez
  • Emanuel Margesin (2019-)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Pole vault: 4.51 (2016)
Medal record
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Rieti Pole vault

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

Contents

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

Progression

  Personal best
Pole vault outdoor
YearPerformanceVenueDate
20214.45 [5] Flag of Italy.svg Florence 15 MAY 2021
20204.30 Flag of Italy.svg Rieti 08 AUG 2020
20194.46 Flag of Poland.svg Bydgoszcz 10 AUG 2019
20184.36 Flag of Greece.svg Athens 22 JUN 2018
20174.40 Flag of Italy.svg Rieti 21 MAY 2017
20164.51 Flag of Italy.svg Padua 17 JUL 2016
20154.40 Flag of Italy.svg Rieti 28 JUN 2015
20144.35 Flag of Italy.svg Rieti 29 JUN 2014
20134.42 Flag of Italy.svg Rieti 05 JUL 2013
20124.05 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 12 JUL 2012
20113.80 Flag of Italy.svg Rieti 01 OCT 2011
20103.30 Flag of Italy.svg Rieti 12 SEP 2010

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventPerformanceNotes
2012 World Junior Championships Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Qual Pole vault 4.05 m
2013 European Team Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gateshead 6th Pole vault 4.25 m [6]
European Junior Championships Flag of Italy.svg Rieti 3rdPole vault4.20 m
2015 European U23 Championships Flag of Estonia.svg Tallinn 11thPole vault 4.05 m
2016 Olympic Games Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro 21stPole vault 4.45 m
2019 European Team Championships Flag of Poland.svg Bydgoszcz 5thPole vault 4.46 m SB

National titles

Senior (4)

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

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References

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