Mirko Zanni
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| Nationality |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 16, 1997 Pordenone, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68.60 kg (151.2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –69 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mirko Zanni (born October 16, 1997) is an Italian weightlifter who competes in the men's –69 kg division. He won the bronze medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]
Career
Zanni's first European competition was the 2012 European Youth Championships held in Bucharest, competing in the –62 kg category. He finished last overall, lifting a total of 194 kg.[3]
In 2014, Zanni competed in the European Youth Championships, held in Ciechanów. He received a gold medal in the clean & jerk and won silver overall with a total lift of 253 kg.[4] Later that year, he earned bronze at the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[5]
Zanni participated in the 2016 European Junior Weightlifting Championships. Having moved up to the –69 kg category, he finished in a silver medal position overall, achieving a 142 kg lift in the snatch and 167 kg in the clean & jerk — giving him a total of 309 kg.[6]
References
- ^ Oliver, Brian (25 July 2021). "China denies Colombia in sensational weightlifting session - and Italy claims bronze". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Men's 67 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "2014 European Youth Championships: Men's 62kg Results". European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Results by Events | International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database". iwrp.net. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database". iwrp.net. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
External links
- Mirko Zanni at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Mirko Zanni at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Mirko Zanni at Lift Up
- Mirko Zanni at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Mirko Zanni at Olympics.com
- Mirko Zanni at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Mirko Zanni at Olympedia
- Italian male weightlifters
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Sportspeople from Pordenone
- Weightlifters of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic weightlifters for Italy
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
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