{{Short description|Italian weightlifter (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mirko Zanni | headercolor = #5af24c | nationality = {{ITA}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|10|16}} | birth_place = Pordenone, Italy | height = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|68.60|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | country = {{ITA}} | sport = Weightlifting | event = –69 kg | pb = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 145 kg (2021)|Clean & jerk: 177 kg (2021)|Total: 322 kg (2021)}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze | 2020 Tokyo | -67 kg}} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|Silver| 2021 Moscow | 67 kg }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2023 Yerevan | 73 kg }} {{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}} {{Medal|Silver| 2018 Tarragona | Snatch −69 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 2016 Eilat | –69 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympics}} {{MedalBronze| 2014 Nanjing | –62 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Youth Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 2014 Ciechanów | –62 kg}} }} '''Mirko Zanni''' (born October 16, 1997) is an Italian weightlifter who competes in the men's –69 kg division. He won the bronze medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="china_denies_colombia_in_sensational_weightlifting_session_italy_claims_bronze_2021">{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=25 July 2021|title=China denies Colombia in sensational weightlifting session - and Italy claims bronze|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110760/weightlifting-chen-lijun-china-gold|access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="men_67_kg_results_summer_olympics_2020">{{Cite web|title=Men's 67 kg Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFM67KG--------------FNL---------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809135215/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFM67KG--------------FNL---------.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2021|access-date=16 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}</ref>
== Career == Zanni's first European competition was the 2012 European Youth Championships held in Bucharest, competing in the –62 kg category. He finished last overall, lifting a total of 194 kg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ewfed.com/news_det.php?id=126|title=2014 European Youth Championships: Men's 62kg Results|website=European Weightlifting Federation|access-date=July 27, 2017}}</ref>
In 2014, Zanni competed in the European Youth Championships, held in Ciechanów. He received a gold medal in the clean & jerk and won silver overall with a total lift of 253 kg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=282|title=Results by Events {{!}} International Weightlifting Federation|website=www.iwf.net|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-29}}</ref> Later that year, he earned bronze at the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iwrp.net/component/cwyniki/?view=contest&id_zawody=1110|title=IWRP - Weightlifting Database|website=iwrp.net|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-07-29}}</ref>
Zanni participated in the 2016 European Junior Weightlifting Championships. Having moved up to the –69 kg category, he finished in a silver medal position overall, achieving a 142 kg lift in the snatch and 167 kg in the clean & jerk — giving him a total of 309 kg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iwrp.net/component/cwyniki/?view=contest&id_zawody=1656|title=IWRP - Weightlifting Database|website=iwrp.net|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-07-29}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zanni, Mirko}} Category:Italian male weightlifters Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Pordenone Category:Weightlifters of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Category:Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Category:Weightlifters at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists Category:Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic medalists in weightlifting Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Category:Olympic weightlifters for Italy Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen