Peter Amey

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Peter Amey
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NationalityBritish
Born (1935-08-03) 3 August 1935 (age 89)
Plymouth, England
Sport
Sport Wrestling

Peter Amey (born 3 August 1935) is a British wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle welterweight at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [1]

He also represented England and won a bronze medal in -68 kg welterweight, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. [2] Eight years later he participated in the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [3]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Amey Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. "1962 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.