Sara Simeoni is an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women's high jump. Sara Simeoni (Italy) set the women's high jump world record of 2.01 m in Brescia on August 4, 1978. It stood 27 days, until Sara Simeoni's 2.01 m on August 31, 1978 (equalling it). Wiki link