Carlo Galimberti

Carlo Galimberti

Personal information
Born	(1894-07-02)2 July 1894 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Died	10 August 1939(1939-08-10) (aged 45) Milan, Italy
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1924 Paris -75 kg 1928 Amsterdam -75 kg 1932 Los Angeles -75 kg

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 medaled at each of his Olympic appearances. He died in 1939 from burns sustained in a boiler explosion five days earlier while serving as a firefighter. Two other firefighters also died.^[1][2]

Biography

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 same class in 1928 and another silver medal in the middleweight class in 1932.

See also

• Walk of Fame of Italian sport

References

1. "Carlo Galimberti". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
2. 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.

External links

• Carlo Galimberti at Olympics.com
• Carlo Galimberti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)

Summer Olympics
Preceded by Ugo Frigerio	Flag bearer for Italy 1928 Amsterdam	Succeeded by Ugo Frigerio