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Cristiano Ficco
Cristiano Giuseppe Ficco (born 5 April 2001) is an Italian weightlifter. He won the gold medal in the 85 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, he won the gold medal in the 85 kg Snatch event. At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, he won the gold medal in his event. He won the bronze medal in the men's 102 kg Snatch event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ... held in Oran, Algeria. References External links * Living people 2001 births Place of birth missing (living people) Italian male weightlifters Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Weightlifting
Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead: these are the snatch and the clean and jerk. The ''snatch'' is a wide-grip lift, in which the weighted barbell is lifted overhead in one motion. The ''clean and jerk'' is a combination lift, in which the weight is first taken from the ground to the front of the shoulders (the clean), and then from the shoulders to overhead (the jerk). The clean and press, wherein a clean was followed by an overhead press, was formerly also a competition lift, but was discontinued due to difficulties in judging proper form. Each weightlifter gets three attempts at both the snatch and the clean and jerk, with the snatch attempts being done first. An athlete's sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
