1. Arthur Zanetti won the gold medal on the rings exercise at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, becoming the first Brazilian and Latin American gymnast to win an Olympic medal in history.
31 Facts About Arthur Zanetti
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Arthur Zanetti won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp.
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Arthur Zanetti next competed at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships where he helped Brazil win silver as a team.
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Arthur Zanetti competed at the 2008 Pan American Championships where he won bronze on floor exercise and rings.
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Arthur Zanetti competed at the 2009 World Championships in London.
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At the 2010 South American Games Arthur Zanetti helped Brazil win gold.
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Arthur Zanetti won the gold medal on rings at the 2011 Summer Universiade, in Shenzhen, China, with a score of 15.600.
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Arthur Zanetti won the silver medal on rings at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
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Arthur Zanetti scored 15.600, finishing behind Chen Yibing of China.
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Arthur Zanetti was the first Brazilian to win a medal on rings at a World Gymnastics Championships.
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At the 2011 Pan American Games Arthur Zanetti won the silver medal on rings behind Brandon Wynn of the United States.
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Arthur Zanetti won the team title, the first male team gold medal for Brazil at the Pan American Games.
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At the 2012 Olympic Test Event Arthur Zanetti won the gold medal on rings.
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At the Cottbus World Cup Arthur Zanetti won the silver medal behind Chen.
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Arthur Zanetti was the gold medalist on rings at both competitions.
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Arthur Zanetti defended his title on rings at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan and won the gold medal.
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On October 5, Arthur Zanetti won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships, in Antwerp, Belgium, with a score of 15,800.
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At the 2014 South American Games Arthur Zanetti helped Brazil win the silver medal.
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At the 2014 Pan American Championships Arthur Zanetti won gold on rings and bronze on floor exercise; additionally he helped Brazil win bronze as a team.
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At the 2014 World Championships Arthur Zanetti won silver on rings behind Liu Yang of China.
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Arthur Zanetti competed at the 2015 Pan American Games where he helped Brazil finish second.
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At the 2015 World Championships Arthur Zanetti finished ninth on rings during qualification and was the first reserve for the final.
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Arthur Zanetti competed at the 2016 Olympic Test Event where he won gold on rings.
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At the 2016 Olympic Games Arthur Zanetti won silver on rings behind Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece.
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Arthur Zanetti was part of the Brazilian men's team that finished sixth in the team competition.
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At the 2017 World Championships Arthur Zanetti finished seventh on rings.
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Arthur Zanetti competed at the 2018 South American Games where he helped Brazil win gold as a team.
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Arthur Zanetti competed at the 2019 World Championships where he finished fifth in the rings final.
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Arthur Zanetti competed at the 2020 Olympic Games, held in 2021.
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Arthur Zanetti competed at the 2022 Pan American Championships where he helped Brazil finish second as team.
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Arthur Zanetti was initially going to compete at the 2023 World Championships; however the flu relegated him to being the alternate for the Brazilian team as he could not fully compete.