John Wright (weightlifter)

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John Wright
Personal information
Born
Scotland
Sport
Sport Weightlifting
Event
Middleweight
ClubRosyth Physical Culture School

John Wright is a former weightlifter from Scotland, who represented Scotland at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Wright was from Rosyth [1] and was based at the Rosyth Physical Culture School. [2] Wright first competed in the Scottish Championships in 1957 [3] [4]

He represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team [5] [6] at the 1958 British Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales, [7] [8] participating in the middleweight category. [9]

Wright went on to be the 1959 Scottish middleweight champion [2] and represented Fife at regional level and won another Scottish middleweight title in 1961. [10] He continued to represent Scotland at international level and in 1961 was in Scottish team for the international match against Wales. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Phil Caira Breaks Three British Records" . Fife Free Press. 14 February 1959. p. 8. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. 1 2 "Kirkcaldy Exhibition" . Fife Free Press. 12 September 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Practising For Weight-lifting Title" . Edinburgh Evening News. 26 September 1957. p. 16. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Pupils Watch Phil Caira in Training" . Fife Free Press. 28 September 1957. p. 5. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team" . The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "North Swimmers in Cardiff team team" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 2 June 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Scotland's Top Three Commonwealth Games - Weightlifting". Team Scotland. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Weight-lifting" . Fife Free Press. 14 October 1961. p. 9. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Scots Weight-lifting Team" . Edinburgh Evening News. 21 January 1961. p. 8. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.


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