Carlo Galimberti
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| Born | 2 July 1894 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 1939 (aged 45) Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 medaled at each of his Olympic appearances. He died in 1939 from burns sustained in a boiler explosion five days earlier while serving as a firefighter. Two other firefighters also died.[1][2]
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 same class in 1928 and another silver medal in the middleweight class in 1932.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Carlo Galimberti". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Fiocchi, Alberto. "Tra mito e realtà. Carlo Galimberti" [Between myth and reality. Carlo Galimberti]. I pompieri e le impronte nel tempo (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- "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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carlo Galimberti.
- Carlo Galimberti at Olympics.com
- Carlo Galimberti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
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- 1894 births
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- Deaths from fire
- Firefighters killed in the line of duty
- Italian male weightlifters
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic weightlifters for Italy
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1936 Summer Olympics