Ermanno Pignatti (8 August 1921 – 30 October 1995) 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 ...

. He competed at the

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

and

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

and finished in ninth and third place, respectively. He won five medals at the European Championships in 1950–1958.Ermanno Pignatti
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* * 1921 births 1995 deaths Italian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Italy Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Italian people Sportspeople from Modena {{Italy-weightlifting-bio-stub