Roberta Bruni


Roberta Bruni is an Italian pole vaulter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, in pole vault. Her personal best of 4.73 m is the Italian record for the event.

Career

Her personal best indoor is the second best junior performance of all-time after the world record of the Swedish Angelica Bengtsson, established at the 2013 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships.
Her height of 4.35 m established on 16 June 2012 in Misano Adriatico was the third best by a junior athlete that year. She is a friend of fellow Italian pole vaulter Giorgia Benecchi.
In 2021, she participated in the Tokyo Olympics, but failed to make it past the qualifying stages, stopping at 4.25m.
In 2022, she participated in the World Championships in Eugene and the European Championships in Munich. In Eugene, she failed to qualify for the final after jumping 4.35 m on her second attempt and failing to clear 4.50 m. In Monaco, she reached the final and finished the European championships in seventh place with a measure of 4.55 m, jumped on her third attempt.
In 2023, after a lower-than-expected World Championships in Budapest, she set a new Italian record in Chiari on September 4, with a measure of 4.73 m.

National records

  • Pole vault outdoor: 4.73 m - Current holder
  • Pole vault indoor: 4.70 m - Current holder

Progression

Starting with the 2022 season – when World Athletics adopted the current World Rankings system – events such as pole vault, high jump, long jump, triple jump and shot put will have a single seasonal ranking, which includes both outdoor and indoor performances, rather than two separate lists.
YearPerformanceVenueDateWorld Rank
20254.70

National titles

Bruni has won 11 national championships at individual senior level.