Sonia Malavisi Explained

Nationality:Italian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Pole vault
Club:
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

Progression

Pole vault outdoor
YearPerformanceVenueDate
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
2012World Junior ChampionshipsPole vault4.05 m
2013European Team Championships6thPole vault4.25 m [6]
European Junior Championships3rdPole vault4.20 m
2015European U23 Championships Tallinn11thPole vault4.05 m
2016Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro21stPole vault4.45 m
2019European Team Championships Bydgoszcz5thPole vault4.46 m

National titles

Senior (4)

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

See also

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.