Women's high jump - 1973 Summer University Games, Moscow: bronze (1.81m); 1975, Rome: silver (1.88m); 1977, Sofia: gold (1.92m); 1979, Mexico City: bronze (1.92m); 1981, Bucharest: gold (1.96m Championship record).

Sara Simeoni of Italy, one of the all-time greats of women's high-jumping, was also one of the all-time greats of the Summer World University Games.

Her first appearance was at the 1973 edition held in Moscow, where as a 20-year-old she cleared 1.81 metres to earn bronze along with Russia's Galina Filatova.

Two years later at the home University Games in Rome she took silver on countback after both she and Filatova had cleared 1.88m.

In Sofia, Simeoni completed her set of University Games medals as she won gold with a clearance of 1.92m.

By now she had already translated her performances into medals at the highest level, having taken Olympic silver at the Montreal 1976 Games with a clearance of 1.91m behind Rosemarie Ackermann of East Germany's 1.93m.

The following year, Simeoni won the European title and retained her European indoor title.

Returning to the University competition at the 1979 Games in Mexico City, she had to content herself with another bronze.

A year later, her career reached its high point as she won the Olympic title in Moscow with an Olympic record clearance of 1.97m.

In 1981 she went to Bucharest and earned the fifth and last of her Universiade medals.

A Games record clearance of 1.96m earned her a second gold for her collection.

Tendon injuries slowed her rate of achievements after this, but she returned as Opening Ceremony flag bearer for Italy at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics, aged 31, and produced a superb last hurrah as she cleared 2.00m for silver behind the 2.02m achieved by Germany's Ulrike Meyfarth.