Elena Vallortigara

Elena Vallortigara
	Elena Vallortigara Meeting de Paris 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	21 September 1991 (age 31); Schio, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
Coached by	Stefano Giardi
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: 2.02 m (2018);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Italy
World Championships
World U20 Championships
World U18 Championships

Last updated August 14, 2023

Elena Vallortigara (born 21 September 1991) is an Italian high jumper who won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.^[1]

Career

Vallortigara has won two bronze medals at the youth world level and eight national championship at senior level.^[2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in High jump.^[3]

2018 progression

Prior to 2018 Vallortigara had a best of 1.91 m established in 2010 at the age of 18. In 2018 she improved to 2.02 m for the second best performance for the year, behind the 2.04 m of Mariya Lasitskene. During the season she had seven competitions with a result of at least 1.94 m.^[4]

Competitions over 1.94 m

Date	Competition	Venue	Position	Measure
25 April	Trofeo della Liberazione	Siena	1st	1.94 m
1 May	Meeting Città di Palmanova	Palmanova	1st	1.90 m
5 May	Regional Championships	Caorle	1st	1.95 m
31 May	Golden Gala Pietro Mennea	Rome	3rd	1.94 m
3 June	FBK Games	Hengelo	4th	1.91 m
6 June	Klaverblad High Jump Meeting	Zoetermeer	1st	1.96 m
23 June	Italian Athletics Clubs Championships	Modena	1st	1.94 m
30 June	Meeting de Paris	Paris	5th	1.94 m
18 July	Meeting International d'Athlétisme	Liège	1st	1.91 m
22 July	London Anniversary Games	London	2nd	2.02 m
9 September	Italian Championships	Pescara	1st	1.91 m

Personal bests

High jump: 2.02 m ( London, 22 July 2018)^[5]
High jump indoor: 1.96 m ( Ancona, 23 February 2020)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2018	European Championships	Berlin	15th	High jump	1.86 m	^[6]
2018	Diamond League		4th	High jump	21 pts	^[7]
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow	17th	High jump	1.89 m
2019	World Championships	Doha	17th	High jump	1.90 m
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń	14th	High jump	1.87 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene	3rd	High jump	2.00 m	SB

Progression

Personal Best

Top 10 World Rank

Year	Age	Outdoor	Indoor	Venue	Date	World Rank
2022	31	2.00 m		Eugene	19 July	2^[8]
2022	31		1.92 m	Ancona	27 February	15
2021	30	1.96 m		Sotteville-lès-Rouen	11 July	10
2021	30		1.93 m^[9]	Banská Bystrica	2 February	11
2020	29	1.88 m		Padua	30 August	22
2020	29		1.96 m	Ancona	23 February	5
2019	28	1.91 m		Bellinzona	1 September	32
2019	28		1.92 m	Ancona	15 February	21
2018	27	2.02 m		London	22 July	2
2018	27		1.84 m	Sainte-Croix	3 February	73
2017	26	1.86 m		Catania	16 June	79
2017	26		1.87 m	Ancona	18 February	48
2016	25	1.82 m		Modena	17 June	159
2016	25		1.83 m	Florence	15 February	108
2015	24	1.84 m		Cles	28 Augu	126
2015	24		1.86 m	Pordenone	31 January	49
2014	23	1.84 m		Cles	29 Augu	128
2014	23		1.78 m	Padua	11 January	212
2013	22	1.85 m		Milan	27 July	108
2013	22		not disputed
2012	21	1.86 m		Misano Adriatico	16 June	105
2012	21		not disputed
2011	20			injured
2011	20		1.90 m	Padua	29 January	22
2010	19	1.91 m		Annecy	11 September	32
2010	19		1.87 m	Ancona	31 January	50
2009	18	1.87 m		Milan	2 Augu	70
2009	18		1.72 m	Padua	17 January	-
2008	17	1.82 m		Chiuro	14 June	161
2008	17		1.85 m	Ancona	10 February	61
2007	16	1.86 m		Beograd	26 July	88
2007	16		1.74 m	Genoa	24 February	-
2006	15	1.75 m		Brixen	4 June	-
2006	15		not disputed

National titles

Vallortigara has won 10 national championships at individual senior level.^[10]

Italian Athletics Championships
- High jump: 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 (5)
Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
- High jump: 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 (5)

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References

↑ "Eugene, Vallortigara salta sul bronzo mondiale!". fidal.it (in Italian). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
↑ "ELENA VALLORTIGARA ATHLETE PROFILE - HONOURS". iaaf.org. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
↑ "Athletics VALLORTIGARA Elena". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
↑ "Elena Vallortigara - Results". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
↑ "KORIR SCORCHES TO 800M WORLD LEAD IN LONDON". iaaf.org. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018. Yet the performance of Italian Elena Vallortigara, who made third time clearances at 2.00m and 2.02m to record consecutive personal bests
↑ She was the first of the athletes excluded for the final.
↑ "2018 IAAF Diamond League - Standings Women". iaaf.org. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
↑ Update at 21 July
↑ "Vallortigara 1,93 nello show di Mahuchikh" (in Italian). fidal.it. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
↑ "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

External links

Elena Vallortigara at World Athletics

Elena Vallortigara at European Athletics

Elena Vallortigara at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)

Elena Vallortigara at Olympics.com

Elena Vallortigara at Olympedia

Elena Vallortigara at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)

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[1] "Eugene, Vallortigara salta sul bronzo mondiale!". fidal.it (in Italian). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[2] "ELENA VALLORTIGARA ATHLETE PROFILE - HONOURS". iaaf.org. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[3] "Athletics VALLORTIGARA Elena". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

[4] "Elena Vallortigara - Results". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

[5] "KORIR SCORCHES TO 800M WORLD LEAD IN LONDON". iaaf.org. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018. Yet the performance of Italian Elena Vallortigara, who made third time clearances at 2.00m and 2.02m to record consecutive personal bests

[6] She was the first of the athletes excluded for the final.

[7] "2018 IAAF Diamond League - Standings Women". iaaf.org. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[8] Update at 21 July

[9] "Vallortigara 1,93 nello show di Mahuchikh" (in Italian). fidal.it. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[10] "TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

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Men's field athletes	Stefano Sottile Gianmarco Tamberi Claudio Stecchi Filippo Randazzo Tobia Bocchi Emmanuel Ihemeje Andrea Dallavalle Leonardo Fabbri Nick Ponzio Zane Weir Giovanni Faloci
Women's track & road athletes	Anna Bongiorni Vittoria Fontana Zaynab Dosso Johanelis Herrera Abreu Irene Siragusa Gloria Hooper Dalia Kaddari Rebecca Borga Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Ayomide Folorunso Raphaela Lukudo Alice Mangione Petra Nardelli Anna Polinari Giancarla Trevisan Elena Bellò Federica Del Buono Gaia Sabbatini Nadia Battocletti Luminosa Bogliolo Elisa Di Lazzaro Eleonora Marchiando Linda Olivieri Yadisleidy Pedroso Eleonora Giorgi Antonella Palmisano Valentina Trapletti Giovanna Epis
Women's field athletes	Alessia Trost Elena Vallortigara Roberta Bruni Elisa Molinarolo Dariya Derkach Daisy Osakue Sara Fantini