Mirko Zanni

Italian weightlifter (born 1997)

Mirko Zanni

Personal information

Nationality|  Italy
Born|  (1997-10-16) October 16, 1997 (age 27)
Pordenone, Italy
Height| 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight| 68.60 kg (151.2 lb)
Sport
Country|  Italy
Sport| Weightlifting
Event| –69 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests|

* Snatch: 145 kg (2021)
* Clean & jerk: 177 kg (2021)
* Total: 322 kg (2021)

Medal record

Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
|  2020 Tokyo | -67 kg
European Championships
|  2021 Moscow | 67 kg
|  2023 Yerevan | 73 kg
Mediterranean Games
|  2018 Tarragona | Snatch −69 kg
European Junior Championships
|  2016 Eilat | -69 kg
Youth Olympics
|  2014 Nanjing | -62 kg
European Youth Championships
|  2014 Ciechanów | -62 kg

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

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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

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1. ^ Oliver, Brian (25 July 2021). "China denies Colombia in sensational weightlifting session - and Italy claims bronze". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ "2014 European Youth Championships: Men's 62kg Results". European Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
4. ^ "Results by Events | International Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
5. ^ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database". iwrp.net. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
6. ^ "IWRP - Weightlifting Database". iwrp.net. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

## External links

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* 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