Yossef Romano was born April 15, 1940 in 
 Bengazi, Libya, one of eleven children. He made
 aliyah to Israel with his family in 1946. Yossef
 worked as an interior decorator. He and wife Ilana
 were the parents of three daughters. Yossef was
 Israel's weightlifting champion in the middleweight
 division for 10 years. He represented his team
 Hapoel Tel Aviv and the national team in
 national and international competitions. During the
 last years of his life, Yossef coached and ran the
 weightlifting team of  Hapoel Tel Aviv.
 At the 1972 Olympics, muscle damage in one leg
 prevented Yossef from finishing the competition.
 He was due to return home to his family in Israel on
 September 6 for an operation. The 1972 Olympic
 Games was the peak of Yossef Romano's sports
 career.