Vito Dellino (born 16 April 1982) is an Italian weightlifter. He competed in

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium. The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following re- ...

in the 56 kg division finishing fourteenth with 247 kg. This beat his previous personal best by 12 kg. At the

2009 European Weightlifting Championships The 2009 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Bucharest, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine t ...

he won gold in the

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

, and overall silver in the 56 kg category with a total of 247 kg. He is 5 ft 3 inches tall and weighs 128 lb.

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Vito Dellino at NBC Olympics website
1982 births Living people Italian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Italy Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games European Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-weightlifting-bio-stub