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Chiaraviglio - Argentina’s new Athletics Jewel
Wednesday 19 November 2003


16 year-old pole vaulter Germán Chiaraviglio is the new rising star of Argentinean Athletics having conquered the first major international height of any career in athletics, the World Youth title earlier this year in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Luis Vinker brings us a feature length study of Chiaraviglio, his family, and his career to date.



On 12 July 2003, it was a windy and rather cold morning in Sherbrooke, Canada, at the World Youth Championships.

“We had got the new pole just one day before the finals and Germán was able to practice only a few jumps. Nevertheless, he decided to take part in the competition using that pole and not the old one, which had become too flexibleâ€Â

That guy won the meet i went to in Canada...he was like 6'6" and had a mullet.

5.32 (17'5 1/4" or so) as a 16 year old ain't too shabby.

He looks like the ******* son of Big Bad Bill Payne.

achtungpv wrote:5.32 (17'5 1/4" or so) as a 16 year old ain't too shabby.

He looks like the ******* son of Big Bad Bill Payne.

Bill chased a tailwind all the way to Argentina!

Barto

I saw Bill Payne the other day on the 96 trial tape! Big tall skinney guy with a mullet wearing spandex. Hmmm thats definately an intimidation factor, dont mess with the mullet!

This kid in my pole vault club tried to jump on Bill Payne's pole we have and got slammed on to the runway. It was pretty funny.

KYLE ELLIS wrote:I saw Bill Payne the other day on the 96 trial tape! Big tall skinney guy with a mullet wearing spandex. Hmmm thats definately an intimidation factor, dont mess with the mullet!

And don't mess with Bill. If ya know what's good for ya! hehe

don't mess with a guy who has a mullet AND a giant pole

Cut ol' Bill some slack, he was pretty stylish back then, plus I don't think Bill ever backed down from a scuffle either. Insulting his hairdo might incite one heckuva brawl. Wild Bill Payne didn't get that nick name because it sounded good, he was Wild Bill Payne. That boy could jump!

belmore wrote:Cut ol' Bill some slack, he was pretty stylish back then, plus I don't think Bill ever backed down from a scuffle either. Insulting his hairdo might incite one heckuva brawl. Wild Bill Payne didn't get that nick name because it sounded good, he was Wild Bill Payne. That boy could jump!

Bill was the real deal. Anybody who can jump 19' on an Altius, retire & two years later after a training base that consisted of Natty Lights and Copenhagen smokes 18'4 and nearly makes 18'10" first meet out, should put him in the vault hall of fame. If he could have taken off past 9', he would have been a legitimate threat for 6 meters. All you have to see is that 18'8" vault of his from Fairfax where he puts 1 1/2 feet on it to know the talent was definitely there for more than his 19'2 3/4" PR showed.