Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Filippo BottinoItalian Weightlifter Filippo Bottino, was the Gold Medal winner in the Heavyweight class at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. Two years later, Bottino broke the world record in the Press, becoming the first Italian lifter to ever set a world mark. He also won 11 Italian weightlifting titles and later finished 6th at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, France.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Carlo GalimbertiCarlo Galimberti was one of Italy's greatest weightlifters. As a middleweight, he won Gold at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, and followed that up with a Silver Medal in Amsterdam in 1928 and another in Los Angeles, in 1932. He also competed, but did not place, at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Labels: 1924 Olympics, 1928 Olympics, 1932 Olympics, 1936 Olympics, Carlo Galimberti, Italian Weightlifter, olympic weightlifter
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