Giorgia Benecchi

Giorgia Benecchi
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1989-07-09) July 9, 1989
Parma, Italy
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 12 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

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
2014 4.30 Italy Ancona 24 February
2013 4.40 Italy Ancona 17 February 35th
2012 4.20 Italy Modena 12 February
Italy Ancona 26 February
2011 4.35 Italy Aosta 29 January
2010 4.36 Italy Ancona 14 February

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Italy
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 17th (q) Pole vault 3.65 m
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 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 championships

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

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.

External links

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