Maurice Megennis
British weightlifter (1929–2020)
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Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||
Born | 16 November 1929 West Ham, London, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 4 August 2020(2020-08-04) (aged 90) Leeds, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
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Maurice E Megennis (16 November 1929 – 4 August 2020) was a male weightlifter who competed for England.[1]
Weightlifting career
He competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games.
He represented England in the -56 kg division at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] Four years later he won the gold medal for England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[3]
Personal life
He was born in London but lived in Leeds.
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