Joseph DePietro’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Weightlifter
Was Athlete 
Weightlifter 
From United States of America 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 10 June 1914, Paterson, New Jersey, Passaic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Death 19 March 1999, Fair Lawn, Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S.A.
(aged 84 years)

Joseph Nicholas “Joe” DePietro (June 10, 1914 – March 19, 1999) was an American bantamweight (56 kg) weightlifter. He won gold medals at the 1947 World Championships, 1948 Summer Olympics and 1951 Pan American Games. During his career DePietro set two world records, in 1947 and 1948, both in the press. DePietro had very short arms and body, so that the bar was barely clearing his head when he was lifting it.

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