Renato Dionisi

Dionisi at the Arena Civica in Milan (1971)
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1947-11-21) 21 November 1947 (age 76) Riva del Garda, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Club	Fiat Torino
Retired	1978
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Pole vault: 5.42 m (1972)
Medal record European Championships 1971 Helsinki Pole vault European Indoor Championships 1973 Rotterdam Pole vault 1976 Munich Pole vault Universiade 1975 Rome Pole vault Mediterranean Games 1967 Tunis Pole vault 1975 Algiers Pole vault

Renato Dionisi (born 21 November 1947) is an Italian former pole vaulter. He was born in Riva del Garda.^[1] 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.^[2] 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).^[3] 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)^[7]
• 2 wins in pole vault at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1971, 1973)^[8]
• 1 win in pole vault at the AAA Championships^[9]