George Farquhar (wrestler)

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George Farquhar
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1929-12-14) 14 December 1929 (age 95)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event
Middleweight
ClubMilton AWC, Edinburgh
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1958 Cardiff middleweight

George Hardy Farquhar (born 14 December 1929) is a British and Scottish wrestler who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. [1]

Biography

Farquhar was one of three wrestling representatives for the Scottish team [2] at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada, where he participated in the middleweight 82kg event. [3]

At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, he participated in the men's freestyle middleweight category. [4] A plumber by trade, he was informed that he had been selected for the Olympics while working on an Edinburgh rooftop. [5]

In 1957 he defeated Jim Wilson of Dunfermline to win the Scottish light-heavyweight title [6] and was subsequently selected by Scotland, with George McKenzie and weightlifter Phil Caira for the Festival of Youth in Moscow, [7] a trip that saw the trio detained in Poland following visa issues. [8]

The following year he was selected for the 1958 Scottish team for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, in the middleweight class again. [9]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Farquhar Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. "McQuillan and Pat Devine for Canada" . Dundee Courier. 29 June 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Wrestling" . Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 3 August 1954. p. 11. Retrieved 1 October 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  5. "Now George Goes In Style" . Daily Record. 28 August 1956. p. 13. Retrieved 2 October 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Champion Six Times Beaten" . Daily Record. 11 March 1957. p. 13. Retrieved 27 September 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Wrestling" . The Scotsman. 21 June 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 1 October 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Missing Scots Wrestlers Farquhar and McKenzie return home" . The Scotsman. 19 August 1957. p. 5. Retrieved 1 October 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team" . The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 1 October 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.