Sylvanus Blackman
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| Nationality |  Barbados  England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1933 Bridgetown, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sylvanus Timotheus Blackman (born 1933), is a male retired weightlifter who competed for Barbados, England and Great Britain.
Weightlifting career
He competed at three Olympic Games in 1960, 1964 and 1968.[1]
He represented his country of birth, (Barbados) and won a silver medal in 82.5 Kg, at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2]
Eight years later he represented England and won another silver medal in 82.5 Kg, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,[3][4][5]
References
- ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "1958 Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ^ "1966 Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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