Dean Willey
Appearance
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Born | Rotherham, United Kingdom | 9 June 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight class | 67.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Phoenix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dean Willey (born Rotherham) is a British male former weightlifter.
9 June 1962 inWeightlifting career
Willey competed in the 67.5 kg category and represented Great Britain at international competitions. He won the bronze medal in the snatch at the 1984 World Weightlifting Championships lifting 140.0 kg. He participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the 67.5 kg event and also at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
He represented England and won a gold medal in the 60 kg featherweight, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[2] Four years later he won a second gold medal in the heavier category of 67.5kg lightweight, when representing England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics - 2007 World Championships - Dean Willey" (PDF). iwf.net. p. 102–125. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
- Dean Willey at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- British male weightlifters
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- People from Rotherham
- Olympic weightlifters of Great Britain
- Weightlifters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- British weightlifting biography stubs