Ana Zaninović (born 26 June 1987, in Split) is a

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taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner. She is the twin sister of taekwondo practitioner Lucija Zaninović. At the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships in

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

bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class ...

class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in

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. Zaninović qualified for the

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after winning the bronze medal in the women's 57 kg class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in

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. She defeated Mayu Hamada 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 2012 European Taekwondo Championships in

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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

, she was defeated in the preliminary round by Mayu Hamada.

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* * 1987 births Sportspeople from Split, Croatia Croatian female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Living people Croatian twins Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Croatia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in taekwondo European Games silver medalists for Croatia World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century Croatian sportswomen {{Croatia-taekwondo-bio-stub