Geoff Hill (wrestler)

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Geoff Hill
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born
England
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event
Middleweight / light-heavyweight / heavyweight

Geoffrey "Geoff" Hill is a former international wrestler from England who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

In 1965, Hill was wrestling at middleweight [1] and represented Great Britain at the world championships. [2]

Hill then represented the England team [3] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he participated in 90 kg light-heavyweight category, [4] being out-pointed by Scotsman Wallace Booth [5] and Bishwanath Singh from India. [6]

Hill progressed to heavyweight and was a four-times British champion, winning the middlweight title in 1965, the light-heavweight title in 1966 and the heavyweight title in 1969 and 1970. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Out Of World Championships" . Evening News (London). 2 June 1965. p. 20. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "George and Geoff lose" . Belfast Telegraph. 2 June 1965. p. 22. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Kingston, Jamaica 1966 Team". Team England. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Wrestling" . The Scotsman. 12 August 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Games Results" . Nottingham Evening Post. 12 August 1966. p. 18. Retrieved 15 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "British Champions – Past & Present" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 17 December 2025.


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