Humberto Selvetti (31 March 1932 – 1992) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

heavyweight weightlifter. He competed at the

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and

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and finished in second, third and 17th place, respectively. He also won four medals at world championships and

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and set a world record in the press, in 1951.Humberto Selvetti
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* * * * 1932 births 1992 deaths Argentine male weightlifters Argentine people of Italian descent Olympic weightlifters of Argentina Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships medalists Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1955 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1959 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province {{Argentina-weightlifting-bio-stub