Giorgia Benecchi

Giorgia Benecchi
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1989-07-09) July 9, 1989
Parma, Italy
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Club C.S. Esercito
Coached by Matteo Bini
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Pole vault: 4.40 (2013)

Giorgia Benecchi (Parma, 9 July 1989) is an Italian pole vaulter.

Biography

Like many others pole vaulters Benecchi is coming from the artistic gymnastics, a sport in which she was very young promise until 2004.[1] She's a friend of the other Italian pole vaulter Roberta Bruni.

Personal bests

  • Pole vault outdoor: 4.35 m (Italy Modena, 19 June 2012)[2]
  • Pole vault indoor: 4.40 m (Italy Ancona, 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.[3]

YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld Rank
20144.30Italy Ancona24 February
20134.40Italy Ancona17 February35th
20124.20Italy Modena12 February
Italy Ancona26 February
20114.35Italy Aosta29 January
20104.36Italy Ancona14 February

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2008 World Junior Championships Poland Bydgoszcz 17th (q) Pole vault 3.65 m
2009 European U23 Championships Lithuania Kaunas 14th (q) Pole vault 4.00 m
2011 European Indoor Championships France Paris NQ Pole vault 3.90 m
European U23 Championships Czech Republic Ostrava 10th Pole vault 3.90 m
2013 Mediterranean Games Turkey Mersin 5th Pole vault 4.30 m

National titles

She has won two times the individual national championship.[4]

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Giorgia Benecchi" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Caravelli 13.03 a Pordenone" (in Italian). fidal.it. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "POLE VAULT - WOMEN - SENIOR - INDOOR - 2013". iaaf.org. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI INDIVIDUALI ASSOLUTI SU PISTA 2013" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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