Fabio Pizzolato (born 16 March 1975) is a retired
Italian pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...
er.
Biography
He finished ninth at the
2003 Summer Universiade
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Emblem
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, and competed at the
1997 World Indoor Championships, the
1997 World Championships and the
2002 European Championships without reaching the final. He became Italian champion in 1997 and 2003 and Italian indoor champion in 1998.
His personal best jump was 5.75 metres, achieved in July 1997 in
Milan
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. He is the husband of the former pole vaulter
Maria Carla Bresciani.
National titles
Fabio Pizzolato has won 3 times the individual
national championship
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.
*2 wins in the
pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...
(1997, 2003)
*1 win in the pole vault indoor (1998)
See also
*
Italian all-time top lists - Pole vault
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Italian male pole vaulters
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Italian Athletics Championships winners