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| Born | c. 1936 Scotland | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
Event | Lightweight | |||||||||||
| Club | Viking WC, Glasgow | |||||||||||
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James S. Moir (born c.1936) is a British weightlifter from Scotland, who represented Scotland at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Moir was a member of the Viking Weightlifting Club in Glasgow [1] and represented the 1958 Scottish team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. [2]
He represented the 1962 Scottish Team [3] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, [4] participating in the 67.5kg lightweight event, [5] winning the bronze medal behind Carlton Goring and Alan Oshyer. [6]
Moir competed at the 1964 British Championship and Olympic Trials [7] and then attended a third games at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. [8]
He later emigrated to Canada and won the silver medal at the World Powerlifting Championships in 1977 for Canada. [2]
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