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. Her personal best of 4.73 m is the Italian record for the event.
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, established at the 2013 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships.
Her height of 4.35 m established on 16 June 2012 in Misano Adriatico was the third best by a junior athlete that year. 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.
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. 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.
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.
National records Pole vault outdoor: 4.73 m (Chiari, Italy, 4 September 2023) - Current holder 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.
YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld Rank2025 4.70 (i) Clermont-Ferrand 28 February 122024 4.66 Monaco 16 July 202023 4.73 Chiari 4 September 132022 4.72 Rovereto 30 August 11
Pole vault outdoor Updated to 6 September 2023 YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld Rank SeniorWorld Rank U20World Rank U182021 4.70 Rieti 23 May 12th 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 3rd2010 3.85 Rieti 3 October 367th 23rd 74th
Pole vault indoor YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld Rank SeniorWorld Rank U20World Rank U182021 4.41 Ancona 21 February 2020 season not disputed2019 4.40 Ancona 17 February 2018 4.35 Florence 8 February 2017 season not disputed2016 4.30 Padua 22 February 76th 2015 4.30 Ancona 7 February 76th 2014 season not disputed2013 4.60 Ancona 17 February 8th 1st 2012 4.25 Fermo 28 January 76th 5th2011 3.20 Fermo 29 January
Achievements Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes2011World Youth Championships Lille 6th Pole vault 4.00 m European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Trabzon 1st Pole vault 4.10 m 2012World Junior Championships Barcelona 3rd Pole vault 4.20 m 2019Universiade Naples 1st Pole vault 4.46 m 2021European Team Championships (SL) Chorzów1stPole vault4.45 m
National titles Bruni has won 12 national championships at individual senior level.
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)
See also List of Italian records in athletics Italian all-time lists - Pole vault
References
External links
Roberta Bruni at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link) Roberta Bruni – CONI – Paris 2024