Charles Vinci

Charles Vinci

Charles Vinci at first place
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Bantamweight 1960 Rome Bantamweight World Championships 1955 Munich Bantamweight 1958 Stockholm Bantamweight Pan American Games 1955 Mexico City Bantamweight 1959 Chicago Bantamweight

Charles Robert Vinci, Jr. (born February 28, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American weightlifter and Olympic champion.

Olympics

He won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne,^[1] and again at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.^[2]

International championships

Charles Vinci won gold medals at the 1955 and 1959 Pan American games. He received silver medals in the 1955 and 1958 world championships. He was the United States Senior National Champion from 1954 to 1956 and from 1958 to 1961.

World records

During his career Vinci set 12 world records in the bantamweight class, between 1955 and 1960. He held records in snatch, in clean and jerk and in press, as well as in total (3).

References

1. "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 20, 2008)
2. "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 20, 2008)

External links

• Chuck Vinci - Hall of Fame at Weightlifting Exchange