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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ron Laycock (born 18 October 1965) is an Australian former weightlifter. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]
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