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 2011 World Championships in Athletics, 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 four-time South American Champion with wins in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011. Murer is coached by her husband, Élson Miranda de Souza, a former vaulter himself, with a personal best of 5.02 metres, obtained when winning the 1989 Brazilian National Championships, "Troféu Brasil".
[edit] Career
Murer set an outdoor personal best of 4.80 metres in June 2008 in São Paulo. This was a South American record.[1] 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. During the competition, the organization lost one of Murer's poles, causing her to underperform as she spent over 10 minutes trying to get the pole back.[2][3]
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.[4] 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.[5] She improved to 4.60 m at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, winning the silver medal.
At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Murer took advantage of Yelena Isinbayeva's failure at 4.75 m and continued at 4.80 m, clearing first time and winning her first global championships.[6] Murer improved her indoor mark to 4.83 m at the Grand Prix in Birmingham, United Kingdom.[7] She further improved her outdoor record in June to 4.85 m at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in San Fernando, Spain. This mark placed her as the fourth greatest pole vaulter on the all-time lists, and she then attempted 4.93 m, but failed three times.[8]
She was dominant on the 2010 IAAF Diamond League circuit, winning three out of the six diamond race events. Her vault of 4.81 m to win at the Weltklasse Zurich meeting made her the inaugural Diamond League winner of the women's pole vault. She was selected to represent the Americas team at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and although she won the bronze medal, her mark of 4.50 m was far from her year's best.[9] She retained her national title at the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo, vaulting 4.70 m to bring a close to her season.[10]
In 2011, Murer became the first Brazilian to win the IAAF World Championship, vaulting 4.85 m at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu.[11][12]
[edit] Achievements
| Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Notes |
| 1998 |
World Junior Championships |
Annecy, France |
12th (q) |
|
| 1999 |
South American Championships |
Bogotá, Colombia |
3rd |
3.70 m |
| 2000 |
World Junior Championships |
Santiago, Chile |
10th |
|
| 2005 |
South American Championships |
Cali, Colombia |
2nd |
|
| World Championships |
Helsinki, Finland |
7th (q) |
4.40 m |
| 2006 |
World Indoor Championships |
Moscow, Russia |
15th (q) |
4.35 m |
| Ibero-American Championships |
Ponce, Puerto Rico |
1st |
4.56 m |
| World Athletics Final |
Stuttgart, Germany |
5th |
|
| World Cup |
Athens, Greece |
2nd |
|
| South American Championships |
Tunja, Colombia |
1st |
|
| 2007 |
South American Championships |
São Paulo, Brazil |
1st |
4.50 m CR |
| Pan American Games |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
1st |
4.60 m CR |
| World Championships |
Osaka, Japan |
6th |
4.65 m |
| 2008 |
World Indoor Championships |
Valencia, Spain |
3rd |
4.70 m AR |
| Olympic Games |
Beijing, China |
10th |
4.50 m |
| World Athletics Final |
Stuttgart, Germany |
6th |
|
| 2009 |
South American Championships |
Lima, Peru |
1st |
4.60 m CR |
| World Championships |
Berlin, Germany |
5th |
4.55 m |
| 2010 |
World Indoor Championships |
Doha, Qatar |
1st |
4.80 m |
| Ibero-American Championships |
San Fernando, Spain |
1st |
4.85 m AR |
| 2011 |
South American Championships |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1st |
4.70 m CR |
| World Championships |
Daegu, South Korea |
1st |
4.85 m =AR |
| Pan American Games |
Guadalajara, Mexico |
2nd |
4.70 m |
[edit] Personal bests
| Event |
Height (m) |
Venue |
Date |
| Pole vault, indoor |
4.82 |
Birmingham, United Kingdom |
20 February 2010 |
| Pole vault, outdoor |
4.85 |
San Fernando, Cadiz, Spain |
4 June 2010 |
- All information taken from IAAF Profile.[13]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Murer, Fabiana |
| Alternative names |
|
| Short description |
Pole vaulter |
| Date of birth |
1981-03-16 |
| Place of birth |
|
| Date of death |
|
| Place of death |
|
Brazil
