Mirco Scarantino Explained

Nationality:	Italian
Mirco Scarantino
Birth Date:	1995 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	San Cataldo, Italy
Height:	1.66 m
Weight:	54.90 kg
Sport:	Weightlifting
Club:	Fiamme Oro^[1]
Event:	–55 kg

Mirco Scarantino (born 16 January 1995) is an Italian weightlifter,^{[2] [3]} 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 reorganized the categories.^[4]

Career

Olympics

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 56 kg, finishing 14th ^[5] and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's 56 kg, finishing 7th.

World Championships

After competing at the World Weightlifting Championships since 2013, he won his first medal at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships. Competing in the newly created 55 kg category, after the IWF restructured the weight classes, he won the bronze medal with a total of 252kg (556lb).^[6]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank	width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank
Olympic Games
			97	97	97	17	123	128	132	12	225	14
			115	115	120	9	143	146	149	5	264	7
World Championships
			107	111	113	9	135	141	145	6	254	7
			113	116	116	16	143	144	144	—	—	—
			115	115	115	11	142	147	147	14	257	12
	align=left			114	114	114	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
			110	113	116	5	136	138	139	5	252
European Championships
	align=left		56 kg	93	98	102	8	120	126	131	9	228	9
	align=left		56 kg	105	108	108	6	132	136	138		241	5
	align=left		56 kg	110	114	116	5	140	143	143		257
	align=left		56 kg	112	115	118		140	141	145		259
	align=left		56 kg	115	117	120		141	144	150		264
	align=left		56 kg	114	117	120		140	146	–		266
	align=left		56 kg	111	115	115		138	141	141		253
	align=left		55 kg	110	112	116		136	140	145		261

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fiamme Oro discipline sportive - Pesistica. poliziadistato.it. it. 14 May 2020.
2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/mirco-scarantino-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418014100/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/mirco-scarantino-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.
3. http://www.london2012.com/athlete/scarantino-mirco-1083676/ London2012.com
4. http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M55A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 55 kg
5. News: Mirco Scarantino. BBC Sport. 8 September 2012.
6. Web site: Six Medallists in the men's 55kg. IWF.net. 2 November 2018 . 6 April 2019.