Renato Dionisi

Renato Dionisi (born 21 November 1947) is an Italian former pole vaulter. He was born in Riva del Garda. He set a career best of 5.45 m (17 ft 10 1⁄2 in) in Rovereto on 25 June 1972.

Biography

He won five medals at the International athletics competitions. He represented his country twice at the Olympic Games (1964, 1972) and was a three-time participant at the European Athletics Championships (1966, 1969, 1971) and was a bronze medallist there on his last appearance. At the European Athletics Indoor Championships he was gold medallist in 1973 and bronze medallist three years later. He won minor medals at the Mediterranean Games on two occasions and was the 1975 Summer Universiade bronze medallist.

Dionisi has 47 caps for the Italy national athletics team (from 1964 to 1978). In his career he won the Italian Athletics Championships twelve times – ten times outdoors and twice indoors. He was also a winner as a guest at the AAA Championships.

International competitions

National titles

10 wins in pole vault at the Italian Athletics Championships (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977, 1978)
2 wins in pole vault at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1971, 1973)
1 win in pole vault at the AAA Championships