Joseph DePietro
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Medal record | |||
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Men's weightlifting | |||
Competitor for the United States | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Gold | 1948 London | Bantamweight | |
World championship | |||
Gold | 1947 | Bantamweight |
Joseph DePietro (June 8, 1914 – March 19, 1999) was an American weightlifter from Paterson, New Jersey, both World champion and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 22, 2008)