Roberta Bruni
Italian pole vaulter (born 1994)
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Roberta Bruni (born 8 March 1994) is an Italian pole vaulter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, in pole vault.[1] Her personal best of 4.73 m is the Italian record for the event.
Bruni in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Schiocchetto |
| Born | 8 March 1994 Rome, Italy |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Italy |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
| Club | Atletica Studentesca Ca.Ri.Ri. C.S. Carabinieri |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests |
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Career
Her personal best indoor (4.60 m) is the second best junior performance of all-time after the world record of the Swedish Angelica Bengtsson,[2] established at the 2013 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships.[3]
Her height of 4.35 m established on 16 June 2012 in Misano Adriatico was the third best by a junior athlete that year.[4][5] She is a friend of fellow Italian pole vaulter Giorgia Benecchi.
In 2021, she participated in the Tokyo Olympics, but failed to make it past the qualifying stages, stopping at 4.25m.[6]
In 2022, she participated in the World Championships in Eugene and the European Championships in Munich. In Eugene, she failed to qualify for the final after jumping 4.35 m on her second attempt and failing to clear 4.50 m.[7] In Monaco, she reached the final and finished the European championships in seventh place with a measure of 4.55 m, jumped on her third attempt.[8]
In 2023, after a lower-than-expected World Championships in Budapest (in which she failed to pass the qualifying round), she set a new Italian record in Chiari on September 4, with a measure of 4.73 m.[9][10]
National records
- Pole vault outdoor: 4.73 m (Chiari, Italy, 4 September 2023) - Current holder[11]
- Pole vault indoor: 4.70 m (Clermont-Ferrand, France, 28 February 2025) - Current holder
Progression
Starting with the 2022 season – when World Athletics adopted the current World Rankings system – events such as pole vault, high jump, long jump, triple jump and shot put will have a single seasonal ranking, which includes both outdoor and indoor performances, rather than two separate lists.
Personal best
| Year | Performance | Venue | Date | World Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.70 (i) |  Clermont-Ferrand | 28 February | 12 |
| 2024 | 4.66 |  Monaco | 16 July | 20 |
| 2023 | 4.73 |  Chiari | 4 September | 13 |
| 2022 | 4.72 | Rovereto | 30 August | 11 |
- Pole vault outdoor
Updated to 6 September 2023
| Year | Performance | Venue | Date | World Rank Senior | World Rank U20 | World Rank U18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.70 | Rieti | 23 May | 12th[12] | ||
| 2020 | 4.30 | Rieti | 23 July | 52nd | ||
| 2019 | 4.52 | Chiari | 2 September | 37th | ||
| 2018 | 4.40 | Rieti | 19 August | 59th | ||
| 2017 | 4.25 | Rieti | 27 May | 115th | ||
| 2016 | 4.20 | Rieti | 22 May | 99th | ||
| 2015 | 4.25 | Turin | 26 July | 86th | ||
| 2014 | 4.45 | Rieti | 31 July | 36th | ||
| 2013 | 4.40 | Formia | 30 May | 54th | 3rd | |
| 2012 | 4.35 | Misano Adriatico | 16 June | 50th | 4th | |
| 2011 | 4.20 | Rieti | 2 June | 104th | 11th | 3rd |
| 2010 | 3.85 | Rieti | 3 October | 367th | 23rd | 74th |
- Pole vault indoor
| Year | Performance | Venue | Date | World Rank Senior | World Rank U20 | World Rank U18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.41 | Ancona | 21 February | |||
| 2020 | season not disputed | |||||
| 2019 | 4.40 | Ancona | 17 February | |||
| 2018 | 4.35 | Florence | 8 February | |||
| 2017 | season not disputed | |||||
| 2016 | 4.30 | Padua | 22 February | 76th | ||
| 2015 | 4.30 | Ancona | 7 February | 76th | ||
| 2014 | season not disputed | |||||
| 2013 | 4.60 | Ancona | 17 February | 8th | 1st | |
| 2012 | 4.25 | Fermo | 28 January | 76th | 5th | |
| 2011 | 3.20 | Fermo | 29 January | |||
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | World Youth Championships | Lille |
6th | Pole vault | 4.00 m | |
| European Youth Summer Olympic Festival |  Trabzon |
1st | Pole vault | 4.10 m |  | |
| 2012 | World Junior Championships |  Barcelona |
3rd | Pole vault | 4.20 m | |
| 2019 | Universiade | Naples |
1st | Pole vault | 4.46 m | PB |
| 2021 | European Team Championships (SL) |  Chorzów |
1st | Pole vault | 4.45 m |
National titles
Bruni has won 12 national championships at individual senior level.[13]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- Pole vault: 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 (5)
- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- Pole vault: 2013, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2025 (6)
