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Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (born April 16, 1990) is a Brazilian
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. He won the gold medal in the rings exercise at the
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in London, becoming the first Brazilian and Latin American gymnast to win an Olympic medal in history. He also won the gold medal at the
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in
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.


Career

Zanetti is a rings exercise specialist. He occasionally competes in
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and Vault (gymnastics), vault exercises. He originated one skill, which is named after him in the Code of Points (artistic gymnastics), Code of Points since 2013.


2009

Zanetti competed in 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London. He qualified in 8th for Rings Final and placed 4th during Event Finals, scoring 15.325. This was his best result that year.


2011

Zanetti won the gold medal on Rings at the 2011 Summer Universiade, in Shenzhen, China, with a score of 15.600. It was the first medal for a Brazilian male artistic gymnast in this competition. In Tokyo, Japan, he won the silver medal on rings at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. His score was 15.600, finishing behind the champion, Chen Yibing. With this result, Zanetti qualified to compete at the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. He was also the first Brazilian to win a medal for the rings event in a World Gymnastics Championships. At the 2011 Pan American Games, Zanetti won the silver medal on rings. He also won the team title, the first male team gold medal for Brazil at the Pan American Games.


2012

At the 2012 Artistics Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, on January 12, 2012, Zanetti won the gold medal on rings. He achieved good results in Artistic Gymnastics World Cup challenges in this year. In Cottbus, Germany, on March 24, he won the silver medal, while Chen won the gold. On April 30, Zanetti won the gold medal at the Osijek Grand Prix 2012 in Osijek, Croatia. He slightly improved his series, with a 6.8 D-score. In Maribor, Slovenia, on June 2, Zanetti finished first, scoring 15,575.


London Olympics

Zanetti competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London. He qualified to the rings final in 4th place with a score of 15.616. On August 6, 2012, he won the gold medal in this event, with a score of 15.900. His gold medal was the first medal for a Brazilian gymnast, and also the first for a Latin American gymnast in any event at the Olympic Games.


2013

Zanetti participated in two events in the 2013 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series. He was the gold medallist in both competitions. In Doha, Qatar, on March 28, he got a score of 15.700 while in Anadia, Portugal, Anadia, Portugal, on June 22, his score was 15.800. Zanetti defended his title in Rings at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan and won the gold medal. On October 5, Zanetti won the gold medal at the
2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Antwerp, Belgium, from 30 September to 6 October 2013 at Antwerp's Sports Palace. Kōhei Uchimura won the men's all-around gold medal and finished the competition with four total med ...
, in
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, Belgium, with a score of 15,800.


2016

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Zanetti won another medal on the rings, this time a silver. He was also part of the Brazilian men's team that finished 6th in the team competition.


2021

He competed in the Tokyo Olympics, finishing 8th in the rings final.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zanetti, Arthur 1990 births Living people People from São Caetano do Sul Brazilian male artistic gymnasts Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian people of Spanish descent Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Gymnasts at the 2011 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Gymnasts at the 2015 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Gymnasts at the 2019 Pan American Games Olympic gymnasts of Brazil Olympic medalists in gymnastics World champion gymnasts Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics Universiade medalists in gymnastics South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in gymnastics Universiade gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) 21st-century Brazilian people 20th-century Brazilian people