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| Nickname(s) | Mighty Mite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 28, 1933 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 13, 2018 (aged 85) Elyria, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 4 ft 11+1⁄2 in (151 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 123 lb (56 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, with a world-record three-lift (snatch, clean and jerk, overhead press) total of 342.5 kilograms (755.1 lb). He won gold again at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
