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Mario Romeo (7 April 1915 – 1992) was an Italian pole vaulter who was 5th at the 1938 European Athletics Championships.

Biography

Romeo won six national championships at individual senior level.

Romeo won the British AAA Championships title in the pole vault event at the 1938 AAA Championships.

Shortly afterwards in September, he competed at the 1938 European Athletics Championships.

National records

Romeo has set several national records, the last of which held for nine years.

• Pole vault: 4.17 m ( Zürich, 23 August 1942) – record holder until 23 September 1951.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Measure	Notes
1938	European Championships	Paris	5th	Pole vault	4.00 m

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Pole vault: 1938, 1939, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1950 (6)

See also

• Italy at the 1938 European Athletics Championships

References

1. ^ "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
2. "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
3. "Italian wins six-mile title". Western Mail. 16 July 1938. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 18 July 1938. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
6. "II European Championship, Wien 1938". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

External links

• Liste italiane 1908 - 1945, uomini (in Italian)

• 1915 births
• 1992 deaths
• Italian male pole vaulters
• Sportspeople from Sardinia
• Italian Athletics Championships winners
• 20th-century Italian sportsmen