Charles Vinci

Charles Thomas Vinci Jr. (February 28, 1933 – June 13, 2018) was an American weightlifter and Olympic champion.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He won gold medals at the 1955 and 1959 Pan American games. He won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne,"1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Weightlifting"  – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 20, 2008) with a world-record three-lift (snatch, clean and jerk, overhead press) total of . He won gold again at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome."1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Weightlifting"  – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 20, 2008)

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