Simone Bertelli

Simone Bertelli
Personal information
Born (2004-10-25) 25 October 2004 (age 20)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Pole vault: 5.70 m (Bergen, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Italy
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Bergen Pole Vault
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Jerusalem Pole Vault

Simone Bertelli (born 25 October 2004) is an Italian pole vaulter. He has won senior Italian national titles both indoors and outdoors, and has won European titles at under-20 and under-23 level and competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]

Career

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From Turin, he is coached by Riccardo Frati and is a member of Safatletica Piemonte. He became the Italian junior champion in the pole vault in Grosetto in 2022.[2]

Bertelli cleared 5.51 metres to set a new Italian under-20 pole vault record, in Ancona in February 2023. The record surpassed the previous best by Andrea Giannini of 5.50m, set in September 1995.[3] He retained his Italian junior championships title in July 2023.[2] He then won the senior Italian Athletics Championships in July 2023.[4] The following month, he won the gold medal at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel.[5]

Bertelli won the senior Italian Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2024 in Ancona.[6] He competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, without advancing to the final.[7]

Bertelli won the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway in July 2025 with a lifetime best clearance of 5.70 metres.[8] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, without advancing to the final.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Simone Bertelli". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b Levi, Roberto (25 July 2023). "Turin's all-conquering athletes: 13 medals in athletics, here are all their feats". Torinocronaca. Retrieved 24 Sep 2025.
  3. ^ Villa, Stefano (4 Feb 2023). "Athletics: Simone Bertelli excels in the pole vault: he sets an Italian under-20 record. Marta Amani starts again with 6.32m". OASport. Retrieved 24 Sep 2025.
  4. ^ "Italian Championships". World Athletics. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Bertelli wins gold in the pole vault at the Under 20 European Championships". quotidiano.net. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 24 Sep 2025.
  6. ^ "Italian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  7. ^ Luca, Landoni (June 10, 2024). "European Championships in Rome: Pole vault and javelin throws fail: Botter and Stecchi withdraw, Bertelli out at 5.45". atleticalive.it. Retrieved 24 Sep 2025.
  8. ^ "Ukraine's Felfner wins javelin in final round and Lauria defends men's shot title". European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  9. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Simone Bertelli fails to reach the pole vault finals at the Tokyo World Championships". quotidianopiemontese.it. 13 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 Sep 2025.