Mauro Barella (born 12 December 1956) 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 was born in

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

, and represented the club Fiamme Oro. He finished seventh at the 1982 European Indoor Championships in ,

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, and in joint twelfth at the 1983 European Indoor Championships. He won a bronze medal at the

1983 Mediterranean Games The IX Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 1983), commonly known as the 1983 Mediterranean Games, were the 9th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 3 to 17 September 1983, ...

with the result 5.10 metres. He finished behind French

Patrick Abada Patrick Abada (born 20 March 1954 in Paris) is a retired French pole vaulter and Olympian, having competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. His best vault was one of 5.70 m, made on 26 August 1983, in Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; ...

and

Serge Leveur Serge Leveur (born 17 June 1957) is a retired French pole vaulter. He won the silver medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games with a jump of 5.30 metres. The gold went to Patrick Abada, who cleared 5.55 m. Leveur's personal best jump w ...

, but shared the bronze with countryfellow Viktor Drechsel. Barella also competed at the 1984 Olympic Games. In the qualifying round he cleared 5.10, 5.20, 5.30 and 5.35—the latter height in the last attempt—to qualify for the final. In the final he cleared 5.10 in the last attempt, passed 5.20 and cleared 5.30 metres in the last attempt before failing at 5.40. He finished eighth overall. Barella became Italian champion in 1982, 1984 and 1985. In 1984 he set a championship record of 5.50 metres, which was broken in 1985 when Viktor Drechsel achieved 5.52. Barella also became Italian indoor champion in 1982 and 1984. 5.50 metres from Rome in July 1984 remained his career best.World men's all-time best pole vault
(last updated 2001)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barella, Mauro 1956 births Living people Italian male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Italy Sportspeople from Palermo Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people