Charles Vinci
American weightlifter (1933–2018)
Charles Thomas Vinci Jr. (February 28, 1933 – June 13, 2018) was an American weightlifter and Olympic champion.[2] He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He won gold medals at the 1955 and 1959 Pan American games. He won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne,[3] with a world-record three-lift (snatch, clean and jerk, overhead press) total of 342.5 kilograms (755.1 lb).[4] He won gold again at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[5]
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| Nickname(s) | Mighty Mite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 28, 1933 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 13, 2018 (aged 85) Elyria, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 4 ft 11+1⁄2 in (151 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 123 lb (56 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Chuck Vinci". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ "Clevelander, Olympian Chuck Vinci passes away at 85". 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ↑ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Weightlifting" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 20, 2008)
- ↑ "Charles T. Vinci". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Weightlifting" Archived 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 20, 2008)
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