- Germán Chiaraviglio
Germán Chiaraviglio (born
16 April 1987 in Santa Fe) is an Argentinepole vault er.His personal best of 5.71 metres was achieved at the World Championships in
Beijing onAugust 19 ,2006 , when he beat the old championship record (CR) ofIstván 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 starYelena Isinbayeva , co-coached by Vitaly Petrov.Achievements
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* [http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/focusOnAthletes/newsId=36196/index.html Personal data] at IAAF
* [http://www.iaaf.org/WJC06/news/Kind=2/newsId=35881.html Interview] at IAAF
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