Carlo Galimberti
Argentine-born Italian weightlifter (1894–1939)
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Born | (1894-07-02)2 July 1894 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 August 1939(1939-08-10) (aged 45) Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Carlo Galimberti (2 July 1894 – 10 August 1939) was an Argentine-born Italian weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He medaled at each of his Olympic appearances. He died in 1939 from burns sustained in a boiler explosion five days earlier while serving as a firefighter. Two other firefighters also died.[1][2]
Biography
Galimberti grew up in Rosario, Argentina, as son of Italian immigrants, and came back to Milan, Italy, after the First World War. He won a gold medal in the middleweight class in 1924, a silver medal in the same class in 1928 and another silver medal in the middleweight class in 1932.
See also
References
- "Carlo Galimberti". Lift Up. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- "Carlo Galimberti". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carlo Galimberti.
- Carlo Galimberti at Olympics.com
- Carlo Galimberti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
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Preceded by | Flag bearer for Italy 1928 Amsterdam | Succeeded by |
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- 1920: Henri Gance (FRA)
- 1924: Carlo Galimberti (ITA)
- 1928: Roger François (FRA)
- 1932: Rudolf Ismayr (GER)
- 1936: Khadr El-Touni (EGY)
- 1948: Frank Spellman (USA)
- 1952: Pete George (USA)
- 1956: Fyodor Bogdanovsky (URS)
- 1960: Aleksandr Kurynov (URS)
- 1964: Hans Zdražila (TCH)
- 1968: Viktor Kurentsov (URS)
- 1972: Yordan Bikov (BUL)
- 1976: Yordan Mitkov (BUL)
- 1980: Asen Zlatev (BUL)
- 1984: Karl-Heinz Radschinsky (FRG)
- 1988: Borislav Gidikov (BUL)
- 1992: Tudor Casapu (EUN)
- 1996: Pablo Lara (CUB)
- 2000: Zhan Xugang (CHN)
- 2004: Taner Sağır (TUR)
- 2008: Sa Jae-hyouk (KOR)
- 2012: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 2016: vacant
- 2020: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 75 kg (1920–1992)
- 76 kg (1996)
- 77 kg (2000–2016)
- 81 kg (2020)
- 89 kg (2024–)