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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Fabiana de Almeida Murer |
| Born | 16 March 1981 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 | |
| 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.
- ^ A Equipe - Atletas Feminino - Perfil - Fabiana Murer (in Portuguese), Clube de Atletismo BM&F Bovespa, archived from the original on March 17, 2018, retrieved April 17, 2014