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 Prague on August 31, 1978. It stood 4 years, until Ulrike Meyfarth's 2.02 m on September 8, 1982. Wiki link