Germán Pablo Chiaraviglio Ermácora (born 16 April 1987 in
Santa Fe) is an
Argentine pole vault
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Biography
His personal best of 5.71 metres was achieved at the
World Junior Championships in
Beijing
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on August 19, 2006, when he beat the old championship record (CR) of
István Bagyula
István Bagyula (born 2 January 1969) is a retired Hungarian pole vaulter.
Bagyula was born in Budapest and is a former world junior record holder, having equalled Radion Gataullin's 1984 record of at the 1988 World Junior Championships. A new ...
from 1988, and the Argentine senior record. He also holds the South American indoors record, with 5.52 metres, and is the only Argentine athlete to conquer a gold medal in any World Championship at any category.
Germán was first coached by his father within a family of pole vaulters; his brother
Guillermo Jr. (in 2001) and sister
Valeria (in 2005) also participated in World Junior Championships. During the
2006 South American Games
The VIII South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') were a multi-sport event held from 9 to 19 November 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with some events taking place in Mar del Plata (canoeing, ...
, he won the gold medal (5.65 m) and his brother Guillermo silver (5.20 m). He currently trains in Italy with pole vaulting star
Yelena Isinbayeva
Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva ( rus, Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, p=jɪˈlʲɛnə gɐˈdʐɨjɪvnə ɪsʲɪnˈbajɪvə; born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 20 ...
, co-coached by
Vitaly Petrov
Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov ( rus, Вита́лий Алекса́ндрович Петро́в, p=vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈtrof; born 8 September 1984) is a Russian racing driver who drove in Formula One for Renault F1 ...
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In 2010 Germán won the Platinum
Konex Award
Konex Foundation Awards, or simply Konex Awards, are cultural awards from the Konex Foundation honouring Argentine cultural personalities.
History and purpose
Konex Awards are granted by the Konex Foundation, created in 1980 in Argentina. The pur ...
from Argentina as the best Atlete from the last decade in his country.
In 2015, he finally broke his own national record (after 9 years), jumping 5.75 at the Pan-American Games.
Personal best
Achievements
References
External links
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Personal dataat IAAF
Interviewat IAAF
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1987 births
Living people
Argentine people of Italian descent
Argentine male pole vaulters
Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina
Olympic athletes of Argentina
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
World Athletics Championships athletes for Argentina
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
South American Games gold medalists for Argentina
South American Games silver medalists for Argentina
South American Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
South American Championships in Athletics winners