{{short description|Italian pole vaulter (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = Roberta Bruni 2019 Naples.jpg | caption = Bruni in 2019 | nickname = Schiocchetto | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|3|8}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | height = 1.70 m | weight = 54 kg | country = Italy | sport = Athletics | event = Pole vault | club = Atletica Studentesca Ca.Ri.Ri.<br/>C.S. Carabinieri | coach = | pb = *Pole vault outdoor: 4.73 m (2023) *Pole vault indoor: 4.70 m (2025) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition|European Team Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2021 Silesia|Pole vault}} {{MedalCompetition|Universiade}} {{Medal|Gold|2019 Naples|Pole vault}} {{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze |2012 Barcelona|Pole vault}} {{Medal|Competition|European Youth Olympic Festival}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Trabzon|Pole vault}} }} thumb|Bruni in 2022. '''Roberta Bruni''' (born 8 March 1994) is an Italian pole vaulter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, in pole vault.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BRUNI Roberta |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1305641-bruni-roberta.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=20 September 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920214824/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1305641-bruni-roberta.htm}}</ref> Her personal best of 4.73 m is the Italian record for the event.
==Career== Her personal best indoor (4.60 m) is the second best junior performance of all-time after the world record of the Swedish Angelica Bengtsson,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Azzurri-travolgenti-tre-record-italiani/51049 |title=BRUNI: "A TRE CENTIMETRI DAL RECORD DEL MONDO JUNIOR" |website=fidal.it |language=it |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref> established at the 2013 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/three-records-in-90-minutes-on-super-sunday-a |title=Three records in 90 minutes on super Sunday at the Italian Indoor Champs |website=iaaf.org |accessdate=3 March 2013}}</ref>
Her height of 4.35 m established on 16 June 2012 in Misano Adriatico was the third best by a junior athlete that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Misano-%C3%A8-record-per-la-Bruni-4-35/50500 |title=Misano è record per la Bruni 4.35 |website=fidal.it |language=it |accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=j/season=2012/sex=W/all=n/legal=A/disc=PV/detail.html |title=Top lists - Pole Vault junior 2012 |website=iaaf.org |accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Battocletti settima, sfiorato il record italiano |url=https://www.fidal.it/content/Battocletti-settima-sfiorato-il-record-italiano/134821 |website=fidal.it |language=it |date=2 August 2021 |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mondiali, Jacobs sbarca in semifinale nei 100 |url=https://www.fidal.it/content/Mondiali-Jacobs-sbarca-in-semifinale-nei-100/142000 |website=fidal.it |language=it |date=16 July 2022 |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dallavalle argento d’Europa, Fantini bronzo |url=https://www.fidal.it/content/Dallavalle-argento-d%E2%80%99Europa-Fantini-bronzo/142504 |website=fidal.it |language=it |date=17 August 2022 |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref>
In 2023, after a lower-than-expected World Championships in Budapest (in which she failed to pass the qualifying round), she set a new Italian record in Chiari on September 4, with a measure of 4.73 m.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atletica, Roberta Bruni si esalta in piazza: record italiano di salto con l’asta! Duello show con Molinarolo |url=https://www.oasport.it/2023/09/atletica-roberta-bruni-si-esalta-in-piazza-record-italiano-di-salto-con-lasta-duello-show-con-molinarolo/ |website=oasport.it |language=it |date=4 September 2023 |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bruni c’è! Record italiano dell’asta. Dosso che 100, Tamberi salta... in vacanza |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Atletica/04-09-2023/bellinzona-dosso-vola-100-tamberi-chiude-stagione-470802887697.shtml |website=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it-IT |date=4 September 2023 |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>
==National records== * Pole vault outdoor: 4.73 m (Chiari, Italy, 4 September 2023) - Current holder<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7202439 |title=XXXVII^ Gara Internazionale di Salto con L'asta in Piazza - Chiari (ITA) 04–05 SEP 2023 |website=worldathletics.org |date=4 September 2023 |access-date=6 September 2023}}</ref> * Pole vault indoor: 4.70 m (Clermont-Ferrand, France, 28 February 2025) - 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.
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Year!!Performance!!Venue!!Date!!World Rank |- |2025 || 4.70 (i)||align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Clermont-Ferrand || 28 February || 12 |- |2024 || 4.66 ||align=left| {{flagicon|MON}} Monaco || 16 July || 20 |-bgcolor=FFC569 |2023 || 4.73 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Chiari || 4 September || 13 |- |2022 || 4.72 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rovereto || 30 August || 11 |}
;Pole vault outdoor Updated to 6 September 2023 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Year!!Performance!!Venue!!Date!!World Rank Senior!!World Rank U20!!World Rank U18 |- |2021 || 4.70 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rieti || 23 May ||12th<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/toplists/jumps/pole-vault/outdoor/women/senior/2021?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true |title=Senior Outdoor 2021 - Pole Vault Women |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref> |- |2020 || 4.30 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rieti || 23 July ||52nd |- |2019 || 4.52 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Chiari || 2 September ||37th |- |2018 || 4.40 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rieti || 19 August || 59th |- |2017 || 4.25 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rieti || 27 May || 115th |- |2016 || 4.20 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rieti || 22 May ||99th |- |2015 || 4.25 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Turin || 26 July ||86th |- |2014 || 4.45 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rieti || 31 July ||36th |- |2013 || 4.40 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Formia || 30 May ||54th ||3rd ||bgcolor=lightgrey rowspan=2| |- |2012 || 4.35 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Misano Adriatico || 16 June || 50th || 4th |- |2011 || 4.20 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rieti || 2 June || 104th || 11th || 3rd |- |2010 || 3.85 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rieti || 3 October ||367th || 23rd ||74th |}
;Pole vault indoor {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Year!!Performance!!Venue!!Date!!World Rank Senior!!World Rank U20!!World Rank U18 |- |2021 || 4.41 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ancona || 21 February || |- |2020 ||bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=6 aling=center|''season not disputed'' |- |2019 || 4.40 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ancona || 17 February || |- |2018 || 4.35 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Florence || 8 February || |- |2017 ||bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=6|''season not disputed'' |- |2016 || 4.30 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Padua|| 22 February ||76th |- |2015 || 4.30 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ancona || 7 February ||76th |- |2014 ||bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=6|''season not disputed'' |- |2013 || '''4.60''' ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ancona || 17 February ||8th ||1st ||bgcolor=lightgrey rowspan=2| |- |2012 || 4.25 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fermo || 28 January ||76th ||5th |- |2011 || 3.20 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fermo || 29 January || || || |}
==Achievements== {| class="wikitable" width=60% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |- !Year !!Competition !!Venue !!Position !!Event !!Performance !!Notes |- | rowspan=2|2011 | align=left|World Youth Championships | align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Lille | 6th | Pole vault | 4.00 m || |- | align=left|European Youth Summer Olympic Festival | align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} Trabzon | bgcolor=gold|1st | Pole vault | 4.10 m || alt=Championship record|20px |- | 2012 | align=left|World Junior Championships | align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | Pole vault | 4.20 m || |- | 2019 | align=left|Universiade | align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Naples | bgcolor=gold|1st | Pole vault | 4.46 m ||{{AthAbbr|PB}} |- |2021 |align=left|European Team Championships (SL) |align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Chorzów |bgcolor=gold|1st |Pole vault |4.45 m | |}
==National titles== Bruni has won 12 national championships at individual senior level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONESSE%20ITALIANE.pdf |title=TUTTE LE CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923/2020 |website=sportolimpico.it |language=it |date=1 January 2021 |accessdate=27 May 2021}}</ref>
* Italian Athletics Championships **Pole vault: 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 (5) * Italian Athletics Indoor Championships **Pole vault: 2013, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2025 (6)
==See also== * List of Italian records in athletics * Italian all-time lists - Pole vault
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links|maxlink=7}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240730144054/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/roberta-bruni_1552373 Roberta Bruni] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/roberta-bruni_1552373 alternate link]) * [https://parigi2024.coni.it/it/italia-team/gli-azzurri/scheda_atleta/137:ROBERTA__BRUNI.html Roberta Bruni – CONI – Paris 2024] {{in lang|it}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruni, Roberta}} Category:1994 births Category:Italian women pole vaulters Category:Living people Category:Athletes from Rome Category:Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy Category:Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Category:Italian Athletics Championships winners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Italy Category:21st-century Italian sportswomen Category:European Games competitors for Italy Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy