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 died serving as a firefighter in 1939.[1]
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| Born | 2 July 1894 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 1939 (aged 45) Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography edit
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 middleweight class in 1928 and another silver medal in the middleweight class in 1932.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Carlo Galimberti". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- "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 edit
- Carlo Galimberti at Olympics.com
- Carlo Galimberti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
