Roy Purchase

Roy Purchase

Medal record
Featherweight
Representing  Australia
British Empire Games
	1938 Sydney

Roy Purchase was an Australian wrestler who represented Australia in the 1938 British Empire Games. ^[1]

Career

Purchase was New South Wales and Australian featherweight champion in 1937. ^[2]

He won gold in the featherweight (up to 62 kg) wrestling category at the 1938 British Empire Games. ^{[3] [4]}

Purchase would have represented Australia at the 1940 Olympic Games but World War II meant they were cancelled. ^[5] Post-war, he wrestled in the NSW state championships in the lightweight division in 1947, reaching the finals in 1948. ^[6]

References

1. "Roy Purchase Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
2. "Telegraph Gives Sports Trophies". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XI, no. 195. New South Wales, Australia. 6 November 1946. p. 22. Retrieved 18 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
3. "Australia Gold Medals Sydney 1938 | Commonwealth Games Federation". 2019-06-17. Archived from the original on 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
4. "Skilful Wrestler". Tribune . No. 47. New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 1 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
5. Treloar, John (2021-05-14). "Travails of Tokyo 2020 recall the lost Games of 1940". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
6. "Turf – Sport spots". Daily Mirror. No. 2346. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1948. p. 15 (Late Final Extra). Retrieved 18 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.