Mirco Scarantino (born 16 January 1995) is an Italian

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

, two time Olympian and three time European Champion competing in the 56 kg category until 2018 and 55 kg starting in 2018 after the

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reorganized the categories.

Career

Olympics

He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the Men's 56 kg, finishing 14th and at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in the Men's 56 kg, finishing 7th.

World Championships

After competing at the

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since 2013, he won his first medal at the

2018 World Weightlifting Championships The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. This was the first World Championship after the International Weightlifting Federation, IWF changed their weight classes and nullified all w ...

. Competing in the newly created 55 kg category, after the IWF restructured the weight classes, he won the bronze medal with a total of .

Major results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarantino, Mirco 1995 births Living people People from San Cataldo, Sicily Italian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Italy Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships medalists Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Weightlifters of Fiamme Oro European Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from the Province of Caltanissetta 21st-century Italian sportsmen