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| Birth name | Salvador Romualdo del Rosario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 24, 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Cabangan, Zambales, Philippine Commonwealth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Salvador Romualdo del Rosario (born October 24, 1944), nicknamed, The Mighty Mite, is a Filipino weightlifter who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics with a best finish of ninth in 1972 and 1976.[1][2][3]
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.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "del Rosario, Salvador". The Living Archive of Olympians PH. Olympian Association of the Philippines. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Salvador del Rosario". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ^ Results of the Men's Flyweight Class 1976
- ^ "Three time Olympian Rodrigo del Rosario, passed away at 92". International Weightlifting Federation. October 23, 2009. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
- ^ Dee, Ignacio (August 8, 2016). "For PH weightlifting legends, Hidilyn Diaz's silver a proud moment". Rappler. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
