Stanley Bacon

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Stanley Bacon
Born(1885-08-13)13 August 1885
London, England
Died13 October 1952(1952-10-13) (aged 67)
London, England
Medal record
Men's amateur wrestling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Freestyle middleweight

Stanley Vivian Bacon (13 August 1885 – 13 October 1952) was a British sport wrestler who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1912 Summer Olympics and the 1920 Summer Olympics.

In 1908 he won the gold medal in the freestyle middleweight class.[1] He also competed in the Greco-Roman middleweight competition but was eliminated in the first round.

Four years later he was eliminated in the second round of the Greco-Roman middleweight event.

In 1920 he was eliminated in the second round of the freestyle middleweight competition.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stanley Bacon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

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