Germán Chiaraviglio

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Germán Chiaraviglio (born 16 April 1987 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine pole vaulter.

His personal best of 5.71 metres was achieved at the World Championships in Beijing on August 19, 2006, when he beat the old championship record (CR) of István Bagyula from 1988, and the Argentine senior record. He also holds the South American indoors record, with 5.52 metres, and is the only Argentine athlete to conquer a gold medal in any World Championship at any category.

Germán is coached by his father within a family of vault polers; his brother Guillermo Jr. (in 2001) and sister Valeria (in 2005) also participated in a World Junior Championship. During the 2006 South American Games, he acquired the gold medal (5.65 m) and his brother Guillermo silver (5.20 m). He currently trains in Italy with pole vaulting star Yelena Isinbayeva, co-coached by Vitaly Petrov.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	1st
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	2nd
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	1st	5.71 m PB, CR
2006	World Cup	Athens, Greece	3rd
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd

[edit] References

• IAAF profile for Germán Chiaraviglio
• Personal data at IAAF
• Interview at IAAF
• Mulkeen, Jon. "Training in Italy helped Chiaraviglio win gold", IAAF.org, 20 August 2006. Retrieved on 2007-08-10. 

Awards
Preceded by David Nalbandian	Olimpia de Oro 2006	Succeeded by Ángel Cabrera