Giuseppe Tonani

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Giuseppe Tonani (October 2, 1890 – October 1, 1971) was an Italian weightlifter and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Biography

In 1920 he was part of the Italian tug of war team which finished fifth in the Olympic tug of war contest.

Four years later he competed as weightlifter and won the gold medal in the heavyweight class.

v t e Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Heavyweight

1920–1948: +82.5 kg, 1952–1968: +90 kg, 1972–1976: 90–110 kg, 1980–1992: 100–110 kg, 1996: 99–108 kg, 2000–2008: 94–105 kg

1920: Filippo Bottino 1924: Giuseppe Tonani 1928: Josef Straßberger 1932: Jaroslav Skobla 1936: Josef Manger 1948+1952: John Davis 1956: Paul Anderson 1960: Yury Vlasov 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky 1972: Jaan Talts 1976: Yury Zaitsev 1980: Leonid Taranenko 1984: Norberto Oberburger 1988: Yury Zakharevich 1992: Ronny Weller 1996: Timur Taymazov 2000: Hossein Tavakkoli 2004: Dmitry Berestov 2008: Andrei Aramnau 2012: Oleksiy Torokhtiy

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