Carlo Galimberti

Carlo Galimberti

Personal information
Born	(1894-07-02)2 July 1894 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Died	10 August 1939(1939-08-10) (aged 45) Milan, Italy
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1924 Paris -75 kg 1928 Amsterdam -75 kg 1932 Los Angeles -75 kg

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 in 1939 from burns sustained in a boiler explosion five days earlier while serving as a firefighter. Two other firemen 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 middleweight class in 1928 and another silver medal in the middleweight class in 1932.

See also

• Walk of Fame of Italian sport

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.

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