Maurice Megennis
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1929 West Ham, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 August 2020 (aged 90) Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Bantamweight Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Leeds | ||||||||||||||
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Maurice Edward Megennis (16 November 1929 – 4 August 2020) was a male weightlifter who competed at two Olympic Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]Megennis was born in London but lived in Leeds. He competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games.
He represented the English team[2] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[3] where he finished fourth in the bantamweight category.[4]
Four years later, Megennis represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada,[5] where he won the gold medal in the bantamweight category.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Maurice Megennis at Olympedia
- ^ "Weightlifting Team". Hull Daily Mail. 20 October 1949. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Jack Archer will fly to Games". Nottingham Journal. 7 December 1949. Retrieved 13 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Leeds weightlifter chosen". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 12 June 1954. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
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