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Geoffrey 'Geoff' Laws (born 1956), is a male former weightlifter who competed for Great Britain and England.
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Geoffrey 'Geoff' Laws (born 1956), is a male former weightlifter who competed for Great Britain and England.
Laws represented Great Britain in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics. [1]
He represented England and won a gold medal in the 56 kg bantamweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [2] Four years later he represented England in the 60 kg featherweight division at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland [3] and represented England in a third Games, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. [4] [5]
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