Joseph Barnett
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| Nationality | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1920 Merthyr Tydfil | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1999 (aged 78) Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||
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Joseph Melville Barnett (3 November 1920 – May 1999), was a Welsh born male weightlifter who competed for England and Wales.
Weightlifting career
He competed in the Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He represented England in the -90 kg Combined division at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[3][4] Four years later he represented Wales in the -90 kg Combined division at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[5]
References
- ↑ "Top Olympic Weightlifters of the 20th Century". Chidlovski.
- ↑ "profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ↑ "1954 Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "1958 Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
Categories:
- 1920 births
- 1999 deaths
- English male weightlifters
- Welsh male weightlifters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain
- Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen