1. Fabiana de Almeida Murer was born on 16 March 1981 and is a retired Brazilian pole vaulter.
11 Facts About Fabiana Murer
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Fabiana Murer won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and won at the 2007 Pan American Games.
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Fabiana Murer is a four-time South American Champion with wins in 2006,2007,2009 and 2011.
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Fabiana Murer was coached by both the Ukrainian Vitaly Petrov, who managed the world record holders Sergei Bubka and Yelena Isinbayeva, and her husband, Elson Miranda de Souza, a former vaulter himself.
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Fabiana Murer set an outdoor personal best of 4.80 metres in June 2008 in Sao Paulo.
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Fabiana Murer made the jump en route to winning her fifth Brazilian championships in the event, breaking the area record for the eleventh time and placing joint sixth in the all-time lists.
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Fabiana Murer was dominant on the 2010 IAAF Diamond League circuit, winning three out of the six diamond race events.
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In 2014 Fabiana Murer won the second Diamond League circuit, winning four out of the seven diamond race events.
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That same month, after attending the Herculis Diamond League meet, Fabiana Murer felt pain in the neck.
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Tests revealed a cervical spinal disc herniation, leading Fabiana Murer to go through extensive physical therapy to ensure she would perform normally during the 2016 Summer Olympics at home.
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Fabiana Murer later blamed the failure on not being fully recovered from the hernia.