Joseph DePietro
American weightlifter (1914–1999)
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Born | June 10, 1914 Paterson, New Jersey, United States |
Died | March 19, 1999 (aged 84) Fair Lawn, New Jersey, United States |
Height | 1.40 m (4 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
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Sport | Weightlifting |
Club | Bates Weightlifting Club |
Joseph Nicholas DePietro (June 10, 1914 – March 19, 1999) was an American bantamweight (56 kg) weightlifter. He won gold medals at the 1947 World Championships, 1948 Summer Olympics and 1951 Pan American Games.[1] During his career DePietro set two world records, in 1947 and 1948, both in the press.[2] DePietro had very short arms and body, so that the bar was barely clearing his head when he was lifting it.[3]
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- 1948:
Joseph DePietro (USA)
- 1952:
Ivan Udodov (URS)
- 1956:
Charles Vinci (USA)
- 1960:
Charles Vinci (USA)
- 1964:
Aleksey Vakhonin (URS)
- 1968:
Mohammad Nassiri (IRN)
- 1972:
Imre Földi (HUN)
- 1976:
Norair Nurikyan (BUL)
- 1980:
Daniel Núñez (CUB)
- 1984:
Wu Shude (CHN)
- 1988:
Oksen Mirzoyan (URS)
- 1992:
Chun Byung-kwan (KOR)
- 1996:
Tang Lingsheng (CHN)
- 2000:
Halil Mutlu (TUR)
- 2004:
Halil Mutlu (TUR)
- 2008:
Long Qingquan (CHN)
- 2012:
Om Yun-chol (PRK)
- 2016:
Long Qingquan (CHN)
- 2020:
Li Fabin (CHN)
- 56 kg (1948–1992)
- 59 kg (1996)
- 56 kg (2000–2016)
- 61 kg (2020)
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