Laurie Levine

Laurie Levine

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	Middleweight

Lawrence Levine is a male former weightlifter who competed for England.

Biography

Levine represented represented the England team in the -75 Kg combined category at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. ^[1]

Eight years later he competed once again in the -75 Kg combined category at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. ^{[2] [3] [4]} A third Commonwealth Games appearance resulted when he represented England, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. ^{[5] [6]}

He was also the British middleweight champion.

He won middleweight gold at the 1957 Maccabiah Games. ^[7] Additionally, he was a member of Maccabi London weightlifting team and won a gold medal at the 1965 Maccabiah Games. ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "1958 Athletes". Team England.
2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. "1966 Athletes". Team England.
4. "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
5. "1970 Athletes". Team England.
6. "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
7. "British doubles in Israel" . Nottingham Guardian. 20 September 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 11 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.