Giorgia Benecchi (

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos ...

, 9 July 1989) is an 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

Like many others pole vaulters Benecchi came from the

artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

, a sport in which she was very promising. She's a friend of the other Italian pole vaulter

Roberta Bruni Roberta Bruni (born 8 March 1994) is an Italian pole vaulter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Pole vault. Her personal best of is the Italian record for the event. Career Her personal best indoor (4.60 m) is the second best juni ...

Personal bests

* Pole vault outdoor: 4.35 m ( Modena, 19 June 2012) * Pole vault indoor: 4.40 m (

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, 17 February 2013)

Progression

;Pole vault indoor Her personal best of 4.40 m set in 2013 was the 35th best world performance of the year.

Achievements

National titles

She has won two times the individual

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. *1 win in the

(2013) *1 win in the pole vault indoor (2014)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benecchi, Giorgia 1989 births Italian female pole vaulters Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy Sportspeople from Parma 21st-century Italian women