Fabiana Murer

Fabiana de Almeida Murer (born 16 March 1981 in Campinas) is a Brazilian pole vaulter. She holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.85 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter ever. She won the gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and also won at the 2007 Pan American Games. Murer represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is a three-time South American Champion with wins in 2006, 2007 and 2009.

Career

Murer set an outdoor personal best of 4.80 metres in June 2008 in São Paulo. This was a South American record.Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-30).. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-09. She finished tenth at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a vault of 4.50 m, unable to scale the heights that she had in June.

She improved her outdoor record to 4.82 m in June 2009 at the Troféu Brasil Caixa de Atletismo meet. She made the jump en-route to winning her fifth Brazilian championships in the event, breaking the area record for the eleventh time and placing joint sixth in the all-time lists.Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-08). . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-09. She competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin but she failed to match her early season form, finishing with a best clearance of 4.55 m.Landells, Steve (2009-08-17). . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16. She improved to...
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