Ana Zaninović (born 26 June 1987, in

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) is a

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practitioner. She is the twin sister of taekwondo practitioner

Lucija Zaninović Lucija Zaninović (born 26 June 1987, in Split) is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. She is the twin sister of taekwondo practitioner Ana Zaninović. Zaninović won the gold medal in the women's flyweight class at the 2010 European Taekwondo C ...

. At the

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, Zaninović won the silver medal in the women's flyweight class. Zaninović won the gold medal in the women's

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class at the

2011 World Taekwondo Championships The 2011 World Taekwondo Championships was the 20th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at Gyeongju Indoor Stadium in Gyeongju, South Korea from May 1 to May 6, 2011. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Team rank ...

in Gyeongju. Zaninović qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the bronze medal in the women's 57 kg class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Baku. She defeated

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in a match in which Zaninović suffered a broken fist in the third round but held on and won with the golden point in the fourth overtime round. At the

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, she won the silver medal in the women's bantamweight class after losing to Hatice Kübra Yangın in the sudden death round. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was defeated in the preliminary round by

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