Gastone Pierini (27 September 1899 – 17 September 1967) was an Italian lightweight weightlifter.[1] He competed in the 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1932. He was born in Italy, but lived most of his life in Egypt, and spent five years in a war camp near El-Fayid during World War II. After that he immigrated to Brazil, where he died in 1967.[2]
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| Born | 27 September 1899 Ancona, Italy | |||||||||||
| Died | 17 September 1967 (aged 67) Brazil | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
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References edit
- ^ "Gastone Pierini". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Gastone Pierini Archived 6 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
External links edit
- Gastone Pierini at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Gastone Pierini at Olympics.com
- Gastone Pierini at Olympedia
- Gastone Pierini at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
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