Tony George
Personal information
Birth nameBruce Ronald George
Born(1919-09-25)25 September 1919
Died21 July 2006(2006-07-21) (aged 86)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportWeightlifting
Achievements and titles
National finalsMiddleweight champion (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950)
Light heavyweight champion (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958)
Middle heavyweight champion (1963)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's weightlifting
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1950 Auckland Middleweight
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Vancouver Light heavyweight

Bruce Ronald "Tony" George (25 September 1919 – 21 July 2006) was a New Zealand weightlifter, who won medals for his country at two British Empire Games.

He won the silver medal at the 1950 British Empire Games in the men's middleweight (–75 kg) division.[1] At the 1954 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the men's light heavyweight (–82.5 kg) event.[2] George also won 13 national weightlifting championship titles: in the middleweight division in consecutive years from 1947 to 1950; the light heavyweight division every year from 1951 to 1958; and the middle heavyweight division in 1963.[3]

George was the manager of the New Zealand weightlifting team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston.[4]

References

  1. ^ State, Oscar (8 March 1950). "Malaya scores most points". New Zealand Sportsman. Vol. 4, no. 8. pp. 60–63.
  2. ^ "Tony George". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ^ Todd, Sydney P. (1966). Champions All. Invercargill: A.J. Owen. p. 282.
  4. ^ New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games Team, Kingston, Jamaica. Wellington: New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. 1966.


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