Luciano De Genova | |
Nationality: | Italian |
Birth Date: | 19 May 1931 |
Birth Place: | Genoa, Italy |
Height: | 1.65m (05.41feet) |
Weight: | 67.5kg (148.8lb) |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Event: | -67.5 kg class |
Luciano De Genova (19 May 1931 – 10 November 2019)[1] was an Italian weightlifter. He represented Italy at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympic Games,[2] competing in the Lightweight (67.5 kg) category.
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.