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| Born | Salvador Romualdo del Rosario October 24, 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Cabangan, Zambales, Philippine Commonwealth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]