Karl Hipfinger (October 28, 1905 – April 20, 1984) was an Austrian weightlifter who competed in the

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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 ...

. He was born in Vienna. In 1928 he failed to set a mark in the clean and jerk competition of the middleweight class. Four years later, at the 1932 games, he won a bronze medal in the middleweight class.

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* 1905 births 1984 deaths Austrian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Austria Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Austria World record setters in weightlifting Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics 20th-century Austrian people {{Austria-weightlifting-bio-stub