United States · Men's 56 kg, August 1948

Joseph DePietro

Joseph DePietro (1914 to 1999) was a weightlifter from the United States, with one Olympic gold medal. On record here: the medal at the 1948 Olympic Games. Other competitions before 1998 are not listed.

Olympic gold
1
Olympic Games

Joseph DePietro at the Olympic Games

Latest medal on record: 1948 Olympic Games, 9 August 1948, 56 kg, place 1.

Numbers

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How tall Joseph DePietro was.

Height
140 cm
4 ft 7 in.
Medals

Joseph DePietro's Olympic medals

Medals at the Olympic Games, newest first, with the class and the place. The total is shown from 1976 on. Up to and including 1972 a total was made of more lifts than today's two: from 1928 the third was the press, in which the bar is pushed overhead from the shoulders with the arms alone, and the Games of 1920 and 1924 also counted one-hand lifts. Those totals are not shown. Results from other competitions before 1998 are not on record here.

Competition Place Total Class Bodyweight Snatch 1 2 3 Clean and jerk 1 2 3
1948 Olympic Games 9 Aug 1948 1 not shown 56 kg - No total shown (more than two lifts)
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