Pierino Gabetti
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| Born | 22 May 1904 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 February 1971 (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
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Pierino Gabetti (22 May 1904 – 28 February 1971) was an Italian weightlifter who won Olympic gold in the men's featherweight (60 kg) event at the 1924 Summer Olympics and silver at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[4][5]
Biography
Gabetti was born in Sestri Ponente (Genoa).[1] He competed at three Olympic Games (1924, 1928 and 1932).[2]
At the 1924 Paris Games, he won the featherweight title.[4] He returned four years later to win silver in the same weight class at Amsterdam 1928, and placed fourth in the lightweight class at the 1932 Olympics.[2]
Records and other competition
Italian sources credit Gabetti with seven national titles (four at featherweight and three at lightweight).[3] The Italian Weightlifting Federation also reports two IWF-recognized world records in the snatch in 1927 (90 kg and 92.5 kg), achieved in Milan.[3][6] Olympics.com states he set three featherweight world records from 1927–28 (two in the snatch and one in the total).[5]
FIPE records Gabetti competing at three European Championships, placing fourth (1930), seventh (1931) and fifth (1934).[3]
Later life
According to FIPE, after World War II he served as national head coach (Commissario Tecnico Nazionale) from 1955 to 1961.[3] FIPE also lists multiple Italian sporting honors awarded to him later in life, including a CONI Valore Atletico gold medal (1965).[3]
Gabetti died on 28 February 1971 in Cogoleto, in the Genoa area.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b "Pierino Gabetti". CONI – Tokyo 2020 (archived athlete bio). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ a b c d "Gabetti Piero". CONI – Olympiabolario. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ a b c d e f g "40 anni fa scomparivano Gabetti e Tonani, medaglie d'oro all'Olimpiade del 1924". Federazione Italiana Pesistica. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ a b "Pierino Gabetti". CONI – Italia Team (athlete record). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ a b "Pierino Gabetti". Olympics.com. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ "La Federazione Italiana Pesistica compie oggi 110 anni". Federazione Italiana Pesistica. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
External links
- "Pierino Gabetti". Olympics.com. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- "Pierino Gabetti". CONI – Italia Team. Retrieved 5 February 2026.