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Sara Simeoni (born April 19, 1953) is an Italian
Italian people

The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
 former high jump
High jump

The high jump is an athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of any devices....
er, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow in the Soviet Union....
 and twice set a world record in the women's high jump.

Sara Simeoni was born in Rivoli Veronese
Rivoli Veronese

Rivoli Veronese is a commune in Veneto, Italy, in the Province of Verona, on a hill on the right bank of the Adige, 13 miles NW of Verona, 617 feet above sea-level....
, in the province of Verona
Province of Verona

The Province of Verona is a Provinces of Italy in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Verona.The province has an area of 3,109 km?, and a total population of 860,796 ....
. She soon took up athletics, specialising in the high jump. Her first international result was at the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki, where she ended 9th with a 178 cm jump.

Her first taste of international success was at the 1976
1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976....
 in Montreal
Montreal

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, where she won a silver medal, with a personal best of 1.91 m, and was beaten only by Rosemarie Ackermann
Rosemarie Ackermann

Rosemarie Ackermann is a former East Germany high jumper. She was the first female high jumper ever to clear the height of 2.00 m, on 26 August 1977 in Berlin....
's 1.93 m leap.

In August 1978, she set the new world record with 2.01 m in Brescia
Brescia

Brescia is a city in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 190,000....
 (this jump stood as a national record until Antonietta Di Martino
Antonietta Di Martino

Antonietta Di Martino is an Italy high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record .She finished twelfth at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton....
 jumped 2.02 in June 2007).






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Sara Simeoni (born April 19, 1953) is an Italian
Italian people

The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
 former high jump
High jump

The high jump is an athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of any devices....
er, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow in the Soviet Union....
 and twice set a world record in the women's high jump.

Sara Simeoni was born in Rivoli Veronese
Rivoli Veronese

Rivoli Veronese is a commune in Veneto, Italy, in the Province of Verona, on a hill on the right bank of the Adige, 13 miles NW of Verona, 617 feet above sea-level....
, in the province of Verona
Province of Verona

The Province of Verona is a Provinces of Italy in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Verona.The province has an area of 3,109 km?, and a total population of 860,796 ....
. She soon took up athletics, specialising in the high jump. Her first international result was at the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki, where she ended 9th with a 178 cm jump.

Her first taste of international success was at the 1976
1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976....
 in Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
, where she won a silver medal, with a personal best of 1.91 m, and was beaten only by Rosemarie Ackermann
Rosemarie Ackermann

Rosemarie Ackermann is a former East Germany high jumper. She was the first female high jumper ever to clear the height of 2.00 m, on 26 August 1977 in Berlin....
's 1.93 m leap.

In August 1978, she set the new world record with 2.01 m in Brescia
Brescia

Brescia is a city in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 190,000....
 (this jump stood as a national record until Antonietta Di Martino
Antonietta Di Martino

Antonietta Di Martino is an Italy high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record .She finished twelfth at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton....
 jumped 2.02 in June 2007). Later in the same month she equalled it at Prague
Prague

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 while winning the European title. In 1980, Simeoni set a new Olympic record of 1.97 m, when winning gold in Moscow
1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow in the Soviet Union....
.

Simeoni struggled to regain her form in the following years, with a series of tendon
Tendon

A tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension . Tendons are similar to ligaments except that ligaments join one bone to another....
 injuries. At 1984 Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984....
, Simeoni carried the Italian flag at the opening ceremony in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

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. Here, she cemented her reputation as one of the greatest female high jumpers ever, in a thrilling duel with German Ulrike Meyfarth
Ulrike Meyfarth

Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth is a Germany former high jumper. She won the Olympic Games title twice, in 1972 and 1984. She is the youngest Olympic champion ever in women's high jump, and at the time of her 1984 triumph, she was also the oldest ever....
. Simeoni managed to reach the 2 meters measure for the first time since 1978. The ageing Meyfarth, however, replied with a notable 2.02 m jump, and Simeoni won a silver medal.

Simeoni's other titles include two bronze medals at the European Championships and 23 national titles. Her jump of 2.01 m was the Italian record for women for 29 years. The 8th of June 2007 Antonietta Di Martino jumped 2.02 meters, establishing the new Italian record for women. Sara Simeoni is widely considered one of the best Italian female athletes ever.

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