Carlo Orlandi – Boxing, USA

Carlo Orlandi was a gold medalist in the 1928 Olympic games who carried his success on to win lightweight titles for both Italy and all of Europe. Most notable, however, is that Orlandi was the first deaf-mute Olympian…

Orlandi was born completely deaf, but that didn’t stop him from overcoming adversaries in the ring. At the end of his career, Orlandi had a record 97 wins and only 19 losses. He was one of the first Olympians to forge past a physical impairment to rise above the rest.