Carlo Galimberti

Carlo Galimberti ( born August 2, 1894 in Rosario, Argentina; † August 10, 1939 in Milan ) was an Italian weightlifter. It was 1924 Olympic champion at middleweight.

Career

Galimberti grew up as the son of Italian immigrants in Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina, on. As a teenager, he ran various sports, especially football, but then turned to weightlifting. After the First World War, the family returned to Milan and Carlo competed in several national competitions with great success. For this reason he was sent to the 1924 Olympics in Paris, where he won the gold medal in the middleweight ( 75 kg body weight). Also in the next three Olympics he participated and won it again two silver medals.

Carlo Galimberti died in 1939, he was only 45 years old.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European, OD = Olympic triathlon consisting of beidarmigem Press, Snatch and Jerk, FK = pentathlon, consisting of the OD one-arm snatch and one-arm bumping )

World Records

(all world records were set at middleweight )

In beidarmigen Press:

In beidarmigen Launched:

In Olympic triathlon:

  • 312.5 kg, 1924 in Paris,
  • 320 kg, 1924 in Paris,
  • 332.5 kg, 1928 in Amsterdam.
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