Fabiana Murer

Fabiana Murer

Personal information
Full name	Fabiana de Almeida Murer
Born	(1981-03-16) 16 March 1981 (age 43) Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Coached by	Vitaly Petrov, Élson de Souza
Medal record World Championships 2011 Daegu Pole vault 2015 Beijing Pole vault World Indoor Championships 2010 Doha Pole vault 2008 Valencia Pole vault Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Pole vault 2011 Guadalajara Pole vault 2015 Toronto Pole vault South American Games 2014 Santiago Pole vault South American Championships 2006 Tunja Pole vault 2007 São Paulo Pole vault 2009 Lima Pole vault 2011 Buenos Aires Pole vault 2005 Cali Pole vault
Updated on 26 August 2015

Fabiana de Almeida Murer (born 16 March 1981^[1]) is a retired Brazilian pole vaulter. She holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.87 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter ever at the time, now the eighth. She won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and also won at the 2007 Pan American Games. Murer represented Brazil at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is a four-time South American Champion with wins in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011. Murer was coached by both the Ukrainian Vitaly Petrov, who managed the world record holders Sergei Bubka and Yelena Isinbayeva, and her husband, Élson Miranda de Souza, a former vaulter himself.