Anthony Arthur (weightlifter)
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| Full name | Anthony Arthur | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1973 Manchester, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83.98 kg (185.1 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 85 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony Arthur (born 2 March 1973 in Manchester) is a retired British male weightlifter, competing in the 85 kg category and representing Great Britain and England at international competitions.
Weightlifting career[edit]
He participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 83 kg event. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships.[1] He represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he won a bronze medal in the 94 kg snatch category.[2][3] Four years later he competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the 85 kg division and won two silver medals in the combined and snatch and a bronze medal in the clean and jerk.[4]
Major results[edit]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 1996 |  Atlanta, United States | 83 kg | 140 | 147.5 | N/A | 170 | 180 | N/A | 327.5 | 12 | ||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2001 |  Antalya, Turkey | 85 kg | 135 | 140 | 17 | 165 | 170 | 17 | 310 | 15 | ||
| 1999 |  Piraeus, Greece | 94 kg | 150 | 155 | --- | 31 | 155 | --- | --- | 52 | 310 | 41 |
References[edit]
- ^ "2001 Weightlifting World Championships - Anthony Arthur". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links[edit]
- Anthony Arthur at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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