Carlo Galimberti (2 July 1894 – 10 August 1939) was an Italian

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

, in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

and in the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

Biography

Galimberti grew up in

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, Argentina, as son of Italian immigrants, and came back to

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, Italy, after the

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. 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.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galimberti, Carlo 1894 births 1939 deaths Italian male weightlifters Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic weightlifters for Italy Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1932 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian people

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