Mirco Scarantino

Mirco Scarantino
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995
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
2018 Ashgabat –55 kg
European Championships
2016 Førde –56 kg
2017 Split –56 kg
2019 Batumi –55 kg
2014 Tel Aviv –56 kg
2018 Bucharest –56 kg
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 London, United Kingdom 56 kg 97 97 97 17 123 128 132 12 225 14
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 56 kg 115 115 120 9 143 146 149 5 264 7
World Championships
2013 Wrocław, Poland 56 kg 107 111 113 9 135 141 145 6 254 7
2014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 56 kg 113 116 116 16 143 144 144 — — —
2015 Houston, United States 56 kg 115 115 115 11 142 147 147 14 257 12
2017 Anaheim, United States 56 kg 114 114 114 — — — — — — —
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 55 kg 110 113 116 5 136 138 139 5 252
European Championships
2012 Antalya, Turkey 56 kg 93 98 102 8 120 126 131 9 228 9
2013 Tirana, Albania 56 kg 105 108 108 6 132 136 138 241 5
2014 Tel Aviv, Israel 56 kg 110 114 116 5 140 143 143 257
2015 Tbilisi, Georgia 56 kg 112 115 118 140 141 145 259
2016 Førde, Norway 56 kg 115 117 120 141 144 150 264
2017 Split, Croatia 56 kg 114 117 120 140 146 – 266
2018 Bucharest, Romania 56 kg 111 115 115 138 141 141 253
2019 Batumi, Georgia 55 kg 110 112 116 136 140 145 261

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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