Ermanno Pignatti (8 August 1921 – 30 October 1995) was an Italian

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

. He competed at the

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

and

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

and finished in ninth and third place, respectively. He won five medals at the European Championships in 1950–1958.Ermanno Pignatti
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* * 1921 births 1995 deaths Italian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Italy Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics European Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from Modena 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-weightlifting-bio-stub