Keith Peache

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Keith Peache
Personal information
Born (1947-08-10) 10 August 1947 (age 78)
Lewisham, London, England
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Medal record
Wrestling
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh +100kg super-heavyweight

Keith Peache (born 10 August 1947) is a British retired wrestler who competed at two Olympic Games.

Biography

Peache competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. [1]

He represented England finishing in fourth place in the 100kg heavyweight division, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. [2] Four years later he once again finished just outside the medals when finishing fourth again for England, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. [3] He finally won a medal (a bronze) in the +100kg super-heavyweight division at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [4] [5]

Peache was an eleven-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at light-heavyweight in 1980 and at heavyweight in 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984 and 1985 and at super-heavyweight in 1983 and 1986. [6]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Keith Peache Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. "1978 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 29 December 2025.