Gastone Pierini

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Gastone Pierini
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Personal information
Born27 September 1899
Ancona, Italy
Died17 September 1967(1967-09-17) (aged 67)
Brazil
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1932 Los Angeles -67.5 kg

Gastone Pierini (27 September 1899 17 September 1967) was an Italian lightweight weightlifter. [1] He competed in the 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1932. He was born in Italy, but lived most of his life in Egypt, and spent five years in a war camp near El-Fayid during World War II. After that he immigrated to Brazil, where he died in 1967. [2]

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References

  1. "Gastone Pierini". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. Gastone Pierini Archived 6 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com