Giles Greenwood

Giles Greenwood is a male former weightlifting competitor for England and current weightlifting coach.

Giles Greenwood
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1971-01-26) 26 January 1971
London
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Weight123 kg (271 lb)
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+105kg

Weightlifting career

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester he won a gold medal in the 105+ kg snatch, a silver in the combined and a bronze in the clean and jerk. Previously he had competed at both the 1994 Commonwealth Games for England[1][2] and the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur for England where he won a silver medal in the snatch and a bronze medal in the combined.[3][4][5]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123ResultRank123ResultRank
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
1999 Athens, Greece+105 kg160.0165.0172.5172.520200.0207.5207.5200.030372.522
1995 Guangzhou, China[6]+108 kg155.0162.5167.5162.520185.0192.5200.0192.519355.019
1994 Istanbul, Turkey[7]108 kg140.0145.0150.0150.023175.0180.0185.0180.025330.024
European Championships
2002 Antalya, Turkey+105 kg160.0165.0165.013190.0197.5197.514362.514
2001 Trenčín, Slovakia+105 kg155.0160.0160.0160.09180.0185.0190.0185.09345.08
2000 Sofia, Bulgaria+105 kg160.0165.0170.0160.012190.0200.0205.0200.013365.012
1999 La Coruña, Spain+105 kg150.0160.0160.0150.015
1998 Riesa, Germany+105 kg152.5160.0160.0160.015182.5190.0195.0190.016350.015
1994 Sokolov, Czech Republic108 kgN/AN/AN/A152.59N/AN/AN/A182.513335.011
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games *
2002 Manchester, England+105 kg175.0180.0180.0180.0192.5200.0207.5207.5387.5
1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia+105 kg160.0162.5162.5162.5N/AN/AN/A190.04352.5
1994 Victoria, Canada+108 kgN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

* By 2002, medals were awarded in all three categories.

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References

  1. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  2. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. "67th World Championships". www.iwrp.net. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  7. "66th World Championships". www.iwrp.net. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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