Carlo Galimberti (2 July 1894 – 10 August 1939) was an Argentine-born Italian weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He medaled at each of his Olympic appearances. He died in 1939 from burns sustained in a boiler explosion five days earlier while serving as a firefighter. Two other firefighters also died.[1][2]
Biography
Galimberti grew up in Rosario, Argentina, as son of Italian immigrants, and came back to Milan, Italy, after the First World War. He won a gold medal in the middleweight class in 1924, a silver medal in the same class in 1928 and another silver medal in the middleweight class in 1932.
^Fiocchi, Alberto. "Tra mito e realtà. Carlo Galimberti" [Between myth and reality. Carlo Galimberti]. I pompieri e le impronte nel tempo (in Italian). Retrieved 22 April 2024.
