Rodrigo del Rosario

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| name = Rodrigo del Rosario

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| nationality = Filipino

| sport = Weightlifting

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|6|11|nf=yes}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|10|10|1917|6|11|mf=yes}}

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| hometown = Cabangan, Zambales

| pb = 60 kg press: 105 kg (1952, OR)

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Rodrigo del Rosario (11 June 1917 – 10 October 2009) was a Filipino weightlifter. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/rodrigo-del-rosario-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062000/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/rodrigo-del-rosario-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Rodrigo del Rosario Olympic Results |access-date=22 December 2019}}

Career

Hailing from Cabangan, Zambales, del Rosario started as a sprinter but shifted to weightlifting. Standing {{Convert|1.62|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} high, del Rosario first took part in the 1948 Olympic Games in London.{{cite web |title=Rodrigo del Rosario -- The Filipino Strongman|url=https://www.philippineolympians.org/featuring-rodrigo-del-rosario |website=The Living Archive of Olympians PH |publisher=Olympian Association of the Philippines |access-date=27 September 2021 |language=en}}

At the 1952 Summer Olympics, del Rosario set a world and Olympic record by lifting 105 kgs in the military press portion of the men's 60 kg event surpassing Iran's Jafar Salmasi lift of 100 kgs. He however did not medal. He took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Del Rosario represented the Philippines at the 1970 World Weightlifting Championships in Ohio. He was awarded a gold medal after athletes who made heavier lifts were disqualified for doping.

Later life and death

Del Rosario served as security officer for the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. He also became a wheelchair user in his latter years He died on October 2009.{{cite news |title=Three time Olympian Rodrigo del Rosario, passed away at 92 |url=https://iwf.sport/2009/10/23/three-time-olympian-rodrigo-del-rosario-passed-away-at-92/ |access-date=24 January 2025 |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |date=23 October 2009}}