Arthur Zanetti
Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti ( born April 16, 1990 in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo) is a Brazilian gymnast. His biggest successes are the Olympic gold medal in 2012 in the rings gymnastics and winning the world title in 2013 in the same discipline. Zanetti was the first gymnast from South America who could win an Olympic medal. At a height of 1.56 meters his competition weight is 61 kilograms.
Life
Arthur Zanetti is the son of Arquimedes Zanetti and his wife Roseane and grew up with a brother. He began in 1997 with the gymnastics. Six years later he devoted himself first international competitions. 2007 Zanetti became a member of the Brazilian national team turn the seniors.
International Zanetti first appeared at the World Gymnastics Championships 2007 in Stuttgart in appearance. With the Brazilian team by Diego Hypólito he did not get beyond a 17th place. Also Zanetti did not reach a final equipment. At best he cut with number 57 on the rings from ( 14,750 points). At the bottom he reached a 82nd place ( 14,500 points), in the all around a 225 space ( 44,500 points). In April 2008, Zanetti became the World Cup in Maribor in appearance, where he took a third place in the floor exercise in the victory of Ievgenii Bogonosiuk ( 15,400 points) from the Ukraine with a score of 15.000. At the same place he reached the sixth place (winner: Yuri van Gelder, 16,675 points) with 15.375 points on the rings.
In the following years, Zanetti developed into a specialist for rings gymnastics. The World Gymnastics Championships 2009 in London, he was able to qualify for the finals for the first time in this discipline. He missed the victory of the Chinese Yan Mingyong ( 15.675 points) with 15.325 points, a medal and finished together with the Romanians George Stănescu a shared fourth place. With the Brazilian team Zanetti reached 13th place in the team competition. In November of the same year he won the World Cup in Croatia Osijek on his parade unit fourth. At the next World Cup in Stuttgart little days later, Zanetti had on rings only the reigning Olympic champion Chen Yibing beaten from China and won silver. In May 2010, the Brazilian came into existence, where he took a sixth place respectively at the bottom and the rings at the World Cup in Moscow. Previously, he had achieved a fourth place on the rings at the International Tournament in Paris.
2011 was by then to Zanetti's most successful year. In the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, he won the gold medal on the rings. The biggest success in his best discipline followed just two months later at the Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo. After 13th with the team Zanetti reached Rings preliminaries with 15.533 points, second place and thus the youngest Turner the apparatus finals. There succeeded him to improve to 15,600 points and win behind Chen Yibing ( 15,800 ) with silver his first World Championship medal in his specialty device. The following Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico to Zanetti the Americans Brandon Wynn on rings had been beaten and won silver.
In the Olympic year of 2012, Zanetti as strong as never before presented to the rings. He won the pre-Olympic test competition in January in London as well as the gymnastics World Cup in Osijek (April), Maribor and Ghent (both in June). In preparation for the highlight of the season, he worked with its own small staff consisting together from his coach, a physiotherapist and a sports psychologist. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games accompanied by his family, Zanetti reached after the preliminaries in fourth ( 15,616 points) the rings final. As the last Finalist its exercise vorturnend, he defeated with 15,900 points, close the favored defending champion Chen Yibing ( 15,800 ), who had already won the qualification for and gone as the first starter in the final. About the victory decided Zanetti better attitude scores, although Yibings exercise with a higher degree of difficulty of 0.3 points was evaluated. It was the first Olympic medal a gymnast from South America. "I wanted to win this medal. And not just for me but for the artistic gymnastics, to all teams so that it opens the doors throughout Brazil. I expect that the gymnastics now changed and that because it has to change, "said Zanetti after his Olympic victory.
In the Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan Zanetti could successfully defend his title and won with 15,875 points clear before Denis Abljasin from Russia ( 15,550 points) and Ihor Radiwilow from Ukraine ( 15.525 points). In early October of the same year for the first time succeeded at the World Championships in Antwerp the title on the rings to win.
Arthur Zanetti lives in São Bernardo do Campo and is a student. He is a member of the Association Serc Santa Maria and is coached by Marcos Gotto.