Germán Pablo Chiaraviglio Ermácora (born 16 April 1987 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine pole vaulter.
Biography
His personal best of 5.71 metres was achieved at the World Junior Championships in Beijing on August 19, 2006, when he beat the old championship record (CR) of István 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 was first coached by his father within a family of pole vaulters; his brother Guillermo Jr. (in 2001) and sister Valeria (in 2005) also participated in World Junior Championships. During the 2006 South American Games, he won the gold medal (5.65 m) and his brother Guillermo silver (5.20 m). He currently trains in Italy with pole vaulting star Yelena Isinbayeva, co-coached by Vitaly Petrov.
In 2010 Germán won the Platinum Konex Award from Argentina as the best Athlete from the last decade in his country.
In 2015, he finally broke his own national record (after 9 years), jumping 5.75 at the Pan-American Games.
Personal best
Achievements
References
External links
Personal data at IAAF
Interview at IAAF
1987 births
Living people
Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
Argentine male pole vaulters
Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina
Olympic athletes for Argentina
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
World Athletics Championships athletes for Argentina
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games silver medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games South American Championships in Athletics winners South American Games competitors for Argentina Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 South American Games