Anna Giordano Bruno
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Club | Assindustria Sport Padova | |||||||||||||
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Anna Giordano Bruno (born 13 December 1980) is a retired Italian track and field athlete who specialised in the pole vault.
She won the
Biography
Born in San Vito al Tagliamento, Giordano Bruno grew up in northern city of Trieste.[2] She first cleared the height of 4.00 metres in 2002 but her progress stagnated over the following two years.[3] She graduated from the University of Udine with a degree in mathematics in 2004 and went on to become a Research Fellow at the University of Padua.[2]
She graduated from the University of Udine with a degree in mathematics in 2004, and she got a PhD in Mathematics at the University of Udine in 2008. Then she went on to become a Research Fellow at the University of Padua. From May 2011 she is a Researcher in Algebra at the University of Udine.
After changing her
The 2009 season saw her reach new heights: she cleared 4.40 m indoors in Udine in February and equalled that mark to qualify for the final of the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Turin.[4] However, in the final she finished last, having failed to clear a height in three attempts.[5] She finished ninth in the women's pole vault at the 2009 European Team Championships but went on to win the bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara with a vault of 4.35 m, her first medal a major international competition. She qualified to represent Italy for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and just missed out on making the final, recording a mark of 4.50 m and losing out to Kristina Gadschiew on count-back. Nevertheless, she had set five Italian records over the year, which she ended with a personal best of 4.60 m.[6]
At the start of 2010 she improved her indoor record to 4.50 m in Udine,[7] but she missed out on the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships as her compatriot Elena Scarpellini was selected instead. She retired at the end of 2012.
Personal bests
Event | Best (m) | Venue | Date |
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Pole vault (outdoor) | 4.60 | Milan, Italy | 2 August 2009 |
Pole vault (indoor) | 4.50 | Udine, Italy | 6 February 2010 |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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2006 | European Cup | Prague, Czech Republic | 5th | 3.90 m |
European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 20th | 4.15 m | |
2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 8th | NM |
European Team Championships | Leiria, Portugal | 9th | 4.25 m | |
Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 3rd | 4,30 m | |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 13th | 4.50 m | |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 22nd | 4.40 m |
See also
References
- ^ "BRUNI: "A TRE CENTIMETRI DAL RECORD DEL MONDO JUNIOR"" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. Retrieved on 2010-05-21.
- ^ IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-21.
- European Athletics(2009). Retrieved on 2010-05-21.
- European Athletics(2009). Retrieved on 2010-05-21.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-21.
- Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. Retrieved on 2010-05-21.