Lucija Zaninović

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Lucija Zaninović
Lucija Zaninovic Zagreb 13082013 roberta f.jpg
Personal information
Born (1987-06-26) 26 June 1987 (age 36)
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryCroatia
SportTaekwondo
EventFlyweight (-49 kg)
ClubMarjan Taekwondo Club
Coached byToni Tomas
Medal record
Representing Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Women's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London 49 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Puebla Flyweight
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Saint Petersburg Flyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Manchester Flyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Baku Flyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Montreux Flyweight
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Baku 49 kg
Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Gwangju Flyweight

Lucija Zaninović (born 26 June 1987, in Split) is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. She is the twin sister of taekwondo practitioner Ana Zaninović.

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Lucija Zaninovic 2012 Hrvatski olimpijci Lucija Zaninovic Zracna luka Zagreb 13 082012 roberta f.jpg
Lucija Zaninović 2012

Zaninović won the gold medal in the women's flyweight class at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships held in Saint Petersburg. [1] [2] [3] Zaninović qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning the silver medal in the women's 49 kg class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Baku. She withdrew in the final match against Olympic champion Wu Jingyu and was the only European to qualify through the Qualification Tournament. [4] In 2012, she defended the European title in the women's flyweight class after defeating Kristina Kim at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester. [5] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she defeated Seulki Kang and Carola Malvina López before losing to Wu Jingyu in the semi-finals. She won the bronze medal after defeating Jannet Alegría in the sudden death round of the bronze medal match. This was the third medal for Croatia at the Olympics in taekwondo, after Martina Zubčić and Sandra Šarić who also won the bronze four years before in Beijing. [6] [7] [8]

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