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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.
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. Four years later he won the gold medal for England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Personal life
He was born in London but lived in Leeds.
References
- Maurice Megennis at Olympedia (archive)
- "1950 Athletes". Team England.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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- 1929 births
- English male weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Weightlifters at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain
- Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- 2020 deaths
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- British weightlifting biography stubs