Arthur Zanetti

Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (born 16 April 1990) is a Brazilian retired artistic gymnast. He 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. He also won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp.

Zanetti made his World Championships debut at the 2007 World Championships. He next competed at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships where he helped Brazil win silver as a team. Individually he won gold on floor exercise and rings and silver on vault.

Zanetti competed at the 2008 Pan American Championships where he won bronze on floor exercise and rings. He competed at the 2009 World Championships in London. He qualified in eighth for the rings final and placed fourth during the final, scoring 15.325.

At the 2010 South American Games Zanetti helped Brazil win gold. Individually he also won gold on rings.

Zanetti won the gold medal on rings at the 2011 Summer Universiade, in Shenzhen, China, with a score of 15.600. It was the first medal for a Brazilian male artistic gymnast in this competition.

He won the silver medal on rings at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. He scored 15.600, finishing behind Chen Yibing of China. With this result, Zanetti qualified to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was also the first Brazilian to win a medal on rings at a World Gymnastics Championships.

At the 2011 Pan American Games Zanetti won the silver medal on rings behind Brandon Wynn of the United States. He also won the team title, the first male team gold medal for Brazil at the Pan American Games.

At the 2012 Olympic Test Event Zanetti won the gold medal on rings. At the Cottbus World Cup Zanetti won the silver medal once again behind Chen. At the Osijek Grand Prix and the Maribor World Cup he won gold.