Lucija Zaninović

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

Lucija Zaninović 2012

Lucija Zaninović

Personal information
Born	(1987-06-26) 26 June 1987 Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	Croatia
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	Flyweight (-49 kg)
Club	Marjan Taekwondo Club
Coached by	Toni Tomas
Medal record Representing  Croatia Women's taekwondo Olympic Games 2012 London 49 kg World Championships 2013 Puebla Flyweight European Championships 2010 Saint Petersburg Flyweight 2012 Manchester Flyweight 2014 Baku Flyweight 2016 Montreux Flyweight European Games 2015 Baku 49 kg Universiade 2015 Gwangju Flyweight

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]