Sara Simeoni

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sara Simeoni
Occupation	High Jumper
Date Of Birth	Apr 19, 1953(1953-04-19)
Age	71
Birthplace	Rivoli Veronese
Country	Italy
Birth City	Veneto
Horoscope	Aries

Sara Simeoni Biography

Sara Simeoni is one of the most popular and richest High Jumper who was born on April 19, 1953 in Rivoli Veronese, Veneto, Italy. Sara Simeoni (born 19 April 1953) is an Italian former high jumper who took home gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics and two times set a world record for high jump for women.

Simeoni’s other achievements are two medals in bronze at her participation in the European Championships and 25 national titles. Her leap of 2.01 meters represented her Italian record of women over 29 years. On the 8th of June, 2007, Antonietta di Martino leapt 2.02 meters, setting the record for the first time. Italian record for women.

Simeoni struggled to recover her form over the next few years and suffered a number of injuries to the tendons. In 1984, at the Olympics, Simeoni carried the Italian flag during the official opening ceremonies held in Los Angeles. In this ceremony, she affirmed her standing for being one of the best female high jumpers by engaging in a thrilling duels against West German Ulrike Meyfarth. Simeoni achieved the two meters mark at the highest level since the year 1978 for the first time. The aging Meyfarth was able to respond by registering a remarkable 2.02 meters, and Simeoni was awarded an Olympic silver medal.

Sara Simeoni Net Worth

Sara Simeoni is one of the richest High Jumper from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sara Simeoni 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sara Simeoni was born in Rivoli Veronese in the Province of Verona. She began to take up athletics shortly after and specialized in the long jump. Her first international performance came at the European Championships in Helsinki, in which she finished 9th with a 178cm jump. Her first international win came at the 1976 World Championships in Montreal and she was awarded an Olympic silver medal. She had her personal record of 1.91 meters, and was only defeated by Ackermann’s 1.93 m jump.

On August 28, 1978, she established the new world record by jumping 2.01 meters in Brescia (this leap was the national record up for a while until Antonietta Di Martino broke the record by jumping 2.02 on June 7, 2007). In the following month, she matched it in Prague and won her the European title. It was in 1980 that Simeoni established a record, a brand all-new Olympic record, which was 1.97 mwhen she won the gold medal in Moscow. Simeoni was the only female athlete from an Communist nation to be able to earn an athletics gold medal at Moscow.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Sara Simeoni Dating?

According to our records, Sara Simeoni married to Erminio Azzaro. As of December 1, 2023, Sara Simeoni’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Sara Ranked on the list of most popular High Jumper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Sara Simeoni celebrates birthday on April 19 of every year.