Gastone Pierini

Gastone Pierini
Personal information
Born 27 September 1899
Ancona, Italy
Died 1967
Brazil
Sport
Sport Weightlifting

Gastone Pierini (27 September 1899 - 1967) was an Italian lightweight weightlifter. He competed in the 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1932. He was born in Italy, but lived most of his life in Egypt, and spent five years in a war camp near El-Fayid during World War II. After that he immigrated to Brazil, where he died in 1967.[1]

References

  1. Gastone Pierini. sports-reference.com


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