Alex McAfee

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Alex McAfee
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Born
Northern Ireland
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Event
Middleweight
ClubSt Gabriel's WC, Belfast

Alexander McAfee is a former weightlifter from Northern Ireland, who represented Northern Ireland at three Commonwealth Games.

Biography

McAfee was a member of the St Gabriel's Weigthlifting Club in Belfast, [1] whih was started by his brother Tommy McAfee, [2] who was also a prominent weightlifter. [3]

McAfee represented the 1966 Northern Irish Team [4] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, [5] participating in the 75kg middleweight category. [6]

By 1970, Alex had stepped up in weight category, lifting in the light-heavyweight class. [7]

He went to his second Commonwealth Games in 1970, as part of the 1970 Northern Irish Team in Edinburgh, Scotland. [8] He won the Ulster title in 1970 [9] and the Irish national title in 1973. [10]

Both brothers competed at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games but upset the authorities when leaving the team camp without permission for the weekend. The incident led to a two-year ban for the brothers. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Ulster Win" . Belfast Telegraph. 13 November 1967. p. 13. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "St Gabriel's still taking the strain after 60+ years". Belfast Media Group. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Secretary Sammy misses out" . Belfast Telegraph. 17 February 1967. p. 21. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "No surprises in Games Team" . Belfast News-Letter. 21 June 1966. p. 11. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Graham, Chivers, Neely for Jamaica" . Belfast Telegraph. 13 July 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Northern Ireland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Weight-Lifting" . Belfast Telegraph. 9 June 1970. p. 17. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "NI Games team is biggest ever" . Belfast Telegraph. 9 June 1970. p. 17. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Ross and McAfee try again" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 11 July 1970. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Heavy thinking" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 29 September 1973. p. 10. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Missing brothers turn up again" . Belfast Telegraph. 28 January 1974. p. 18. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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