Sonia Malavisi Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Pole vault
Club:	Acsi Italia Atletica G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Birth Date:	1994 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Rome, Italy
Country:	Italy
Coach:	Alexandre Navas Paez Emanuel Margesin (2019-)
Weight:	65kg (143lb)
Pb:	Pole vault: 4.51 (2016)

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 ( Rieti, 5 July 2013) - Current holder^[4]

Progression

Pole vault outdoor

Year	Performance	Venue	Date
2021	4.45^[5]		15 MAY 2021
2020	4.30		08 AUG 2020
2019	4.46		10 AUG 2019
2018	4.36		22 JUN 2018
2017	4.40		21 MAY 2017
2016	4.51		17 JUL 2016
2015	4.40		28 JUN 2015
2014	4.35		29 JUN 2014
2013	4.42		05 JUL 2013
2012	4.05		12 JUL 2012
2011	3.80		01 OCT 2011
2010	3.30		12 SEP 2010

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2012	World Junior Championships			Pole vault	4.05 m
2013	European Team Championships		6th	Pole vault	4.25 m	^[6]
	European Junior Championships		3rd	Pole vault	4.20 m
2015	European U23 Championships	Tallinn	11th	Pole vault	4.05 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	21st	Pole vault	4.45 m
2019	European Team Championships	Bydgoszcz	5th	Pole vault	4.46 m

National titles

Senior (4)

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Pole vault: 2015, 2016
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • Pole vault: 2016, 2019

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

See also

• Italian all-time lists - Pole vault

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pole Vault Women. worldathletics.org . 16 May 2023 .
2. Web site: Pole Vault Women. worldathletics.org . 16 May 2023 .
3. Web site: Pole Vault WOMEN - RESULTS. www.fidal.it. 16 May 2023 .
4. Web site: Record junior Malavisi sale a 4,42. fidal.it. it. 5 July 2013.
5. Web site: Bruni vola a Firenze: 4,60 record italiano!. fidal.it. it. 15 May 2021. 16 May 2021.
6. Web site: 2013 European Team Championships2013 European Team Championships - Results. EAA. 24 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130626135406/http://la.sportresult.com/ajax/eaa2.asp?event_id=10013300000001&event_day=1&module=timetable_date&lang=en. 26 June 2013.
7. Web site: Rieti, triplo stellare e sorpresa Malavisi. fidal.it. it. 2 October 2011.