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British Olympic Athletes in Weightlifting*
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Weightlifting 1896
One hand lift M
GBR
Launceston Elliott
Heavyweight M
GBR
Launceston Elliott
Weightlifting 1920
Featherweight M
GBR
John Paine
Lightweight M
GBR
Percival Mills
Weightlifting 1924
Featherweight M
GBR
Alfred Baxter
Augustus Cummins
Thomas Taylor
Lightweight M
GBR
William Randall
William Wyatt
John Tooley
Middleweight M
GBR
Frederick Attenborough
John Austin
Fred Lowes
Heavyweight M
GBR
Harold Wood
Weightlifting 1928
Featherweight M
GBR
Alfred Hopkins
Alfred Baxter
Middleweight M
GBR
Frederick Attenborough
John Tooley
Heavyweight M
GBR
Harold Wood
Weightlifting 1936
Featherweight M
GBR
Norman Holroyd
John Terry
Frederick Marsh
Lightweight M
GBR
Alfred Griffin
John Smith
Middleweight M
GBR
Harold Laurance
Heavyweight M
GBR
Ronald Walker
Weightlifting 1948
Bantamweight M
GBR
Abraham Greenhalgh
Julian Creus
Featherweight M
GBR
Denis Hallett
Sidney Kemble
Lightweight M
GBR
James Halliday
William Eland
Middleweight M
GBR
Ernest Peppiatt
George William Watson
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
Ernest Roe
Heavyweight M
GBR
Alfred Knight
Weightlifting 1952
Bantamweight M
GBR
Maurice Megennis
Featherweight M
GBR
Julian Creus
Lightweight M
GBR
James Halliday
Yorrie Evans
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Melville Barnett
Weightlifting 1956
Featherweight M
GBR
Julian Creus
Maurice Megennis
Lightweight M
GBR
Benjamin Helfgott
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
Philip Caira
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Sydney Harrington
Weightlifting 1960
Featherweight M
GBR
Allan Robinson
Lightweight M
GBR
Benjamin Helfgott
Middleweight M
GBR
Blair Blenman
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
Philip Caira
Sylvanus Blackman
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Louis Martin
Heavyweight M
GBR
Dennis Hillman
Weightlifting 1964
Featherweight M
GBR
George Newton
Middleweight M
GBR
Michael Pearman
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
Sylvanus Blackman
George Manners
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Louis Martin
Weightlifting 1968
Bantamweight M
GBR
Precious McKenzie
Featherweight M
GBR
Gerald Perrin
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
Peter Arthur
Michael Pearman
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Sylvanus Blackman
Louis Martin
Heavyweight M
GBR
Terence Perdue
Weightlifting 1972
Bantamweight M
GBR
Precious McKenzie
Lightweight M
GBR
Ieuan Owen
George Newton
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
Michael Ford
Michael Pearman
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Peter Arthur
Heavyweight M
GBR
David Hancock
Kenneth Price
Super-heavyweight M
GBR
Terence Perdue
Weightlifting 1976
Flyweight M
GBR
Precious McKenzie
Featherweight M
GBR
Victor Daniels
Lightweight M
GBR
Alan Winterbourne
Kevin Welch
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Kenneth Price
Gary Langford
Heavyweight M
GBR
Brian Strange
John Burns
Weightlifting 1980
Featherweight M
GBR
Jeffrey Bryce
Geoffrey Laws
Lightweight M
GBR
Alan Winterbourne
Leo Isaac
Middleweight M
GBR
Kevin Welch-Kennedy
Newton Burrowes
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
Stephen Pinsent
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Gary Langford
Heavyweight 100 kg M
GBR
John Burns
Heavyweight M
GBR
Andrzej Drzewiecki
Weightlifting 1984
Featherweight M
GBR
Geoffrey Laws
Lightweight M
GBR
Dean Willey
Middleweight M
GBR
Stephen Pinsent
David Morgan
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
Anthony Supple
Newton Burrowes
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Keith Boxell
David Mercer
Heavyweight 100 kg M
GBR
Peter Pinsent
Heavyweight M
GBR
Gary Taylor
Weightlifting 1988
Middleweight M
GBR
Dean Willey
Richard Chaplin
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
David Morgan
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
David Mercer
Keith Boxell
Heavyweight 100 kg M
GBR
Andrew Saxton
Peter May
Heavyweight M
GBR
Mark Thomas
Andrew Davies
Super-heavyweight M
GBR
Matthew Vine
Weightlifting 1992
Middleweight M
GBR
Anthony Morgan
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
David Morgan
Andrew Callard
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Keith Boxell
Peter May
Heavyweight M
GBR
Raymond Kopka
Weightlifting 1996
Light-heavyweight M
GBR
Anthony Arthur
Weightlifting 2000
Heavyweight M
GBR
Thomas Yule
Weightlifting 2004
Lightweight W
GBR
Michaela Breeze
Featherweight M
GBR
Kamran Panjavi
Weightlifting 2008
Middleweight W
GBR
Michaela Breeze
Weightlifting 2012
Lightweight W
GBR
Zoe Smith
Light-heavyweight W
GBR
Natasha Perdue
Lightweight M
GBR
Gareth Evans
Middleweight M
GBR
Jack Oliver
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Peter Kirkbride
Weightlifting 2016
Light-heavyweight W
GBR
Rebekah Tiler
Middle-heavyweight M
GBR
Sonny Webster
Weightlifting 2020
Lightweight W
GBR
Zoe Smith
Middleweight W
GBR
Sarah Davies
Light-heavyweight W
GBR
Emily Godley
Super-heavyweight W
GBR
Emily Jade Campbell
* The list above only shows a selection of British weightlifters - All possible medalists are included in the list.
This information about British weightlifters at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the
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