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Patrick Bradley was a male rower who competed for England.
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the eights at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. [1] [2]
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, and colloquially referred to as the Coms or Commies are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, have successively run every four years since. The Games were called the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams since 2002, making the Commonwealth Games the first fully inclusive international multi-sport event. In 2018, the Games became the first global multi-sport event to feature an equal number of men's and women's medal events and four years later they are the first global multi-sport event to have more events for women than men.
The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the event that evolved to become the Commonwealth Games. Held in Sydney, Australia from 5–12 February 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary. Venues included the Sydney Cricket Ground, the Sydney Sports Ground, North Sydney Olympic Pool and Henson Park. An estimated 40,000 people attended the opening ceremony. A competitors' residential village was established within the grounds of the Sydney Showground.
Scotland is one of only six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since the first Empire Games in 1930. The others are Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Wales.
William John Hartley is an English former athlete.
Representation of the island of Ireland at the British Empire Games has varied:
Francis Peter Higgins was a British athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.
New Zealand has competed in all of the Commonwealth Games since the first in 1930, and has won a total of 656 medals including 159 gold.
Northern Ireland has competed in nineteen of the twenty-one Commonwealth Games beginning with the second games, held in 1934. Northern Ireland did not compete in 1930 and in 1950. It differs from the Olympic Games where although it officially competes with England, Scotland and Wales as part of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, many athletes have represented the Ireland team.
Louis George Martin was a British middle-heavyweight weightlifter.
Henry William Furse "Bill" Hoskyns MBE was a British fencer who appeared at six Olympic Games.,
Charles de Beaumont was a British fencer.
Ronald René Charles Paul was a British fencer.
Derek Charles Pugh was a British track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events.
Harold John Parlett was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bromley, Greater London.
John Andrew Savidge was a British track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put.
Peter Wells was a British-born athlete who competed in the High Jump at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
England competed at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, from 4 February to 11 February 1950.
Terence Samuel T Ratcliffe (1930-1999) was a male boxer who competed for England.
John Archer was an English athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was born in Nottingham.
Weightlifting was one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the nineteenth staging of weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1950, and the second staging within England specifically.