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Italian weightlifter (1899–1967)

Gastone Pierini
Personal information
Born27 September 1899
Ancona, Italy
Died17 September 1967(1967-09-17) (aged 67)
Brazil
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Los Angeles -67.5 kg

Gastone Pierini (27 September 1899 – 17 September 1967) was an Italian lightweight weightlifter. 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.

References

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

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