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Italian athletics competitor
Giorgio Oberweger
(22 December 1913 ? 14 October 1998) was an Italian
discus thrower
who won a bronze medal at the 1936 Olympics and a silver at the 1938 European Championships. He placed sixth at the 1934 European Championships and 15th at the 1948 Olympics.
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Oberweger won five
national titles
, in the discus throw (1934 and 1936?1938) and
110 metres hurdles
(1939).
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Oberweger graduated in law from the
University of Bologna
, but later favored engineering related occupations. In 1938 he obtained a pilot license, and fought as a fighter pilot during World War II, receiving three medals for bravery. Between 1946 and 1960 he was head coach of the Italian athletics team. Then until 1967 he worked at the
Italian Athletics Federation
and until 1972 at the
Italian Central School of Sport
.
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