Anna Giordano Bruno

Anna Giordano Bruno (born 13 December 1980) is a retired Italian track and field athlete who specialised in the pole vault.

She won the bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and represented Italy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She has also competed at European-level both indoors and outdoors. She was a double Italian record holder in the event with an outdoor best of 4.60 metres and an indoor best of 4.50 m until 17 February 2013.

Biography Born in San Vito al Tagliamento, Giordano Bruno grew up in northern city of Trieste. She first cleared the height of 4.00 metres in 2002 but her progress stagnated over the following two years. She graduated from the University of Udine with a degree in mathematics in 2004 and went on to become a Research Fellow at the University of Padua. However, in the final she finished last, having failed to clear a height in three attempts. She finished ninth in the women's pole vault at the 2009 European Team Championships but went on to win the bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara with a vault of 4.35 m, her first medal a major international competition. She qualified to represent Italy for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and just missed out on making the final, recording a mark of 4.50 m and losing out to Kristina Gadschiew on count-back. Nevertheless, she had set five Italian records over the year, which she ended with a personal best of 4.60 m.

At the start of 2010 she improved her indoor record to 4.50 m in Udine, but she missed out on the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships as her compatriot Elena Scarpellini was selected instead. She retired at the end of 2012.

Personal bests EventBest (m)VenueDatePole vault (outdoor) 4.60 Milan, Italy 2 August 2009Pole vault (indoor) 4.50 Udine, Italy 6 February 2010 All information taken from IAAF profile.

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