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Carlo Galimberti
Personal information
Born	2 July 1894; Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Died	10 August 1939 (aged 45); Milan, Italy
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing Italy
Olympic Games

Carlo Galimberti (2 July 1894 – 10 August 1939) was an Argentine-born Italian weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He died in 1939 from burns sustained in a boiler explosion five days earlier while serving as a firefighter. Two other firemen also died.^[1]^[2]

Biography edit

Galimberti grew up in Rosario, Argentina, as son of Italian immigrants, and came back to Milan, Italy, after the First World War. 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.

References edit

^ "Carlo Galimberti". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ Fiocchi, Alberto. "Tra mito e realtà. Carlo Galimberti" [Between myth and reality. Carlo Galimberti]. I pompieri e le impronte nel tempo (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2024.

"Carlo Galimberti". Lift Up. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
"Carlo Galimberti". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2010.