Attilio Bescapè

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Personal information
Surname:	Carlo Attilio Bescape
Nationality:	Italy
Date of birth:	September 2, 1910
Place of birth:	Sant'Angelo Lodigiano , Italy
Date of death:	1975
Place of death:	Milan , Italy
Medal table
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Carlo Attilio Bescapè (born September 2, 1910 in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano , † 1975 in Milan ) was an Italian weightlifter .

Career

Attilio grew up in Padua and started lifting weights there. In 1929 he moved to Pro Patria in 1883 Milan . He belonged to the top of the world for ten years and for almost 20 years to the top Italian featherweight lifters (up to 60 kg body weight). He took part in two Olympic Games and was able to place in the front field each time. His greatest successes were winning the European championship in 1934 and the runner-up world championship in 1938. His best performances were 90 kg in pushing, 95 kg in snatch, 120 kg in push and 300 kg in the Olympic three-way fight. With the exception of the push, all performances were also Italian records. In 1971 Attilio Bescapè was made an honorary member of the Italian Weightlifting Association.

International success

year	space	competition	Competition type	Weight class	Results
1931	6th	EM in Luxembourg	OD	feather	with 252.5 kg, behind Mohamed, Egypt , 282.5 kg, Eugen Mühlberger , Germany , 270 kg, Troppert, Austria , 270 kg and Janisch, Austria, 267.5 kg
1932	5.	OS in Los Angeles	OD	feather	with 262.5 kg, behind Raymond Suvigny , France , 287.5 kg, Hans Wölpert , Germany, 282.5 kg, Anthony Terlazzo , USA , 280 kg and Helmut Schäfer , Germany, 267.5 kg
1933	4th	EM in Essen	FK	feather	with 390 kg, behind Wölpert, 420 kg, Mühlberger, 410 kg and Schäfer, 397.5 kg
1934	1.	EM in Genoa	OD	feather	at 285 kg, ahead of Max Walter , Germany, 285 kg and Franz Andrysek , Austria, 282.5 kg
1936	6th	OS in Berlin	OD	feather	with 287.5 kg, behind Terlazzo, 312.5 kg, Saleh Mohamed Soliman, Egypt, 305 kg, Ibrahim Shams , Egypt, 300 kg, Anton Richter , Austria, 297.5 kg, and Georg Liebsch , Germany, 290 kg
1938	2.	World Cup in Vienna	OD	feather	with 300 kg, behind Liebsch, 305 kg and in front of Richter, 297.5 kg
1939	3.	Intern. Tournament in Munich	OD	feather	with 290 kg, behind Liebsch, 315 kg and Richter, 302.5 kg

Italian championships

Attilio Bescapè was Italian featherweight champion from 1929 to 1940 and 1946, 1948 and 1949, i.e. 15 times. In 1947 he was runner-up

Explanations

• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• OD = Olympic three-way fight, consisting of two-armed pushing, two-armed tearing and two-armed pushing
• FK = pentathlon, consisting of one-armed snatch and one-armed pushing and the exercises of the OD
• Feather weight, weight class up to 60 kg body weight

Web links

• Attilio Bescapè in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Attilio Bescapè in Top Lifters of the 20th Century