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Mario Romeo
Personal information
National team	Italy: 15 caps (1933-1950)
Born	7 April 1915; Carloforte, Italy
Died	1992 (aged 76–77)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Club	GS Baracca Milano (1938-1946); U.S. Milanese (1947-1950);
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Pole vault: 4.17 m (1942);

Mario Romeo (7 April 1915 – 1992) was an Italian pole vaulter who was 5th at the 1938 European Athletics Championships.^[1]

Biography

Romeo won six national championships at individual senior level.^[2]

Romeo won the British AAA Championships title in the pole vault event at the 1938 AAA Championships.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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

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.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Measure	Notes
1938	European Championships	Paris	5th	Pole vault	4.00 m	^[6]

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

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