Mirco Scarantino
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 January 1995 San Cataldo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54.90 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | –55 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fiamme Oro[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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 252 kilograms (556 lb).[6]
