Manoel Fredrick Santos (30 January 1935 – 21 June 2020) was an Australian

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 ...

. A middle-heavyweight lifter, he competed at the

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 ...

in Melbourne and the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

in Rome.

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* 1935 births 2020 deaths Australian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Australia Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Weightlifters at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Weightlifters from Sydney 20th-century Australian sportsmen Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from New South Wales Commonwealth Games gold medallists in weightlifting {{Australia-weightlifting-bio-stub