Luciano De Genova
{{Short description|Italian weightlifter (1931–2019)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Luciano De Genova
| nationality = Italian
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|5|19|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|10|1931|5|19|df=y}}
| death_place =
| height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|67.5|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| country = {{ITA}}
| sport = Weightlifting
| event = -67.5 kg class
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Weightlifting}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flag|Italy}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 1958 Stockholm | 67.5 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 1955 Munich | 67.5 kg}}
{{MedalBronze| 1956 Helsinki | 67.5 kg}}
{{MedalSilver| 1958 Stockholm | 67.5 kg}}
}}
Luciano De Genova (19 May 1931 – 10 November 2019){{Cite web|url=http://www.genovatoday.it/sport/luciano-de-genova-morto.html|title = Addio a Luciano de Genova, argento ai mondiali del '58}} was an Italian weightlifter. He represented Italy at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympic Games,{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/luciano-de-genova|title=Luciano DE GENOVA – Olympic Weightlifting {{!}} Italy|date=2016-06-12|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2017-07-28|language=en}} competing in the Lightweight (67.5 kg) category.
Career
De Genova was born in Genoa. He first competed outside Italy in the 1955 European Weightlifting Championships, finishing runner-up to Russian Nikolay Kostylev. The next year, De Genova finished third with a total of 347.5 kg.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=371|title=Luciano De Genova, Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century @ Lift Up|website=www.chidlovski.net|access-date=2017-07-28}}
He took part in the Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics where he finished in 16th place out of 18 athletes — his poor performance coming partly as a result of a muscle strain.{{Cite web |url=http://www.corfole.it/lettura_notizie.php?page=6&id=3617&tb=news_giornale&ctg=edizione+cartacea,+sport&t=Luciano,+campione+italiano+di+sollevamenti+pesi:+ma+il+peso+più+grosso+che+porta+sulle+spalle+è+ |title=Luciano, campione italiano di sollevamenti pesi: ma il peso più grosso che porta sulle spalle è il ricordo del suo sacco di castagne disperso dai nazisti|website=Corfole!|access-date=2017-07-28}}
In 1958, De Genova participated in the European Weightlifting Championships and the World Weightlifting Championships, receiving a silver medal in both competitions.
Luciano earned a 13th-place finish at the Rome 1960 Summer Olympics, finishing with a total lift of 352.5 kg.
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Category:Italian male weightlifters
Category:Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Italy
Category:Sportspeople from Genoa
Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen
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