Joseph Gilligan
Appearance
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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Manchester, England | 7 November 1954|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph Gilligan (born 7 November 1954) is a male retired British wrestler.also the father of singer Joey souls
Wrestling career
[edit]He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] He represented England and won a silver medal in the 68kg lightweight division, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2][3] Four years later he represented England again and won another silver medal in the same weight class, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[4] A third appearance for England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia resulted in a fourth place finish.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joseph Gilligan Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
[edit]- Joe Gilligan at the International Wrestling Database
- Joe Gilligan at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- British male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for Great Britain
- Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Manchester
- Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Wrestlers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Wrestlers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Wrestlers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- British sport wrestler stubs