Ian Epton
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Wrestling | ||
Representing  Northern Rhodesia
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1954 Vancouver | Bantamweight |
Representing  South Africa
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1958 Cardiff | Flyweight |
Ian Epton is a former wrestler from Zambia, which was then the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia.
He competed at the 1954 British Empire Games, and won a bronze medal for wrestling in the Men's Bantamweight class.[1] In the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he won a gold medal for South Africa in the flyweight category.[2]
References
- ^ Phiri, Stepehen (2014) "Zambia’s medal hunt starts", Zambia Daily Mail . Retrieved 10 August 2014
- ^ Horizon: The Magazine of the Rhodesian Selection Trust Group of Companies, Volume 7, p. 36
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