Mirco Scarantino

Italian weightlifter (born 1995)
Mirco Scarantino
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29)
San Cataldo, Italy
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight54.90 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportWeightlifting
Event–55 kg
ClubFiamme Oro[1]
Medal record
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ashgabat –55 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Førde –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Split –56 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Batumi –55 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tel Aviv –56 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bucharest –56 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tbilisi –56 kg

Mirco Scarantino (born 16 January 1995) is an Italian weightlifter,[2][3] two time Olympian and three time European Champion competing in the 56 kg category until 2018 and 55 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[4]

Career

Olympics

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 56 kg, finishing 14th [5] and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's 56 kg, finishing 7th.

World Championships

After competing at the World Weightlifting Championships since 2013, he won his first medal at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships. Competing in the newly created 55 kg category, after the IWF restructured the weight classes, he won the bronze medal with a total of 252 kilograms (556 lb).[6]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 56 kg 97 97 97 17 123 128 132 12 225 14
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 56 kg 115 115 120 9 143 146 149 5 264 7
World Championships
2013 Poland Wrocław, Poland 56 kg 107 111 113 9 135 141 145 6 254 7
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 56 kg 113 116 116 16 143 144 144 — — —
2015 United States Houston, United States 56 kg 115 115 115 11 142 147 147 14 257 12
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 56 kg 114 114 114 — — — — — — —
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 55 kg 110 113 116 5 136 138 139 5 252 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2012 Turkey Antalya, Turkey 56 kg 93 98 102 8 120 126 131 9 228 9
2013 Albania Tirana, Albania 56 kg 105 108 108 6 132 136 138 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 241 5
2014 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel 56 kg 110 114 116 5 140 143 143 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 257 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia 56 kg 112 115 118 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 140 141 145 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 259 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2016 Norway Førde, Norway 56 kg 115 117 120 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 141 144 150 1st place, gold medalist(s) 264 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Croatia Split, Croatia 56 kg 114 117 120 1st place, gold medalist(s) 140 146 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) 266 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Romania Bucharest, Romania 56 kg 111 115 115 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 138 141 141 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 253 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 55 kg 110 112 116 1st place, gold medalist(s) 136 140 145 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 261 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Pesistica" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mirco Scarantino". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  3. ^ London2012.com Archived 1 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 55 kg
  5. ^ "Mirco Scarantino". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  6. ^ IWF.net (2 November 2018). "Six Medallists in the men's 55kg". Retrieved 6 April 2019.

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