Ronald Brownbill

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Ronald Brownbill
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born1932 (age 92–93)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event
Bantamweight
ClubWallasey Athletic Club
Medal record
weightlifting
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1958 Cardiff -56Kg combined

Ronald Brownbill (born 1932), is a male former weightlifter who competed for England.

Biography

Brownbill won the 1950 eight-stone British Amateur Championships. [1]

He represented the England team and won a silver medal [2] in the bantamweight -56 Kg combined category at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. [3] [4]

At the time of the Games, he was a member of the Wallasey Athletic Club and was an electrical engineer by trade. [5]

By the start of 1962, he had won the British title five years running. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Eighteen-years-old Ron Brownbill" . Liverpool Echo. 9 December 1950. p. 17. Retrieved 11 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ↑ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ↑ "Silver medal for Brownbill" . Daily Mirror. 22 July 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 11 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Rock barbell CLub notes" . Wallasey News and Wirral General Advertiser. 6 January 1962. p. 6. Retrieved 11 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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