Francesca Dolcini (born 28 December 1974) is a former Italian female

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 who won six national championships at individual

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level from 1995 to 2004.

Biography

In the early 90s Francesca Dolcini was a pioneer of the specialty of the

that was born at the female level in those years throughout the world. Her best result on the international senior level was the 9th place in the pole vault final at the

1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from Friday, 27 February to Sunday, 1 March 1998 at the Palace of Luis Puig, Valencia, Spain.Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

. She several times broke the national record of pole vault.

Achievements

National titles

Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, wa ...

**Pole vault: 2002 (1) *

Italian Athletics Indoor Championships The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in Athletics (sport), athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from ...

**Pole vault: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (5)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolcini, Francesca 1974 births Living people Italian female pole vaulters Athletes from Rome Italian Athletics Championships winners