Mirco Scarantino (born 16 January 1995) is an Italian

weightlifter 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 ...

, 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 The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Lausanne, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 192 Member Federations. The IWF President is Mohammed H ...

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) was 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 ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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

World Championships

After competing at the

World Weightlifting Championships The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The first competition, held in March 1891, was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England. Athletes compete in a total of 20 weight categori ...

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. The logo of IWF World Championships 2018 has consisted of abstract illustration of weightlifting athlete designed by Ashgabat based design fi ...

. 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 of 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 Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Weightlifters of Fiamme Oro European Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from the Province of Caltanissetta 21st-century Italian people