Geoff Laws
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 December 1956 London | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Grove Hall | ||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey 'Geoff' Laws (born 1956), is a male former weightlifter who competed for Great Britain and England.
Weightlifting career
[edit]Laws represented Great Britain in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
He represented England and won a gold medal in the 56 kg bantamweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[2] Four years later he represented England in the 60 kg featherweight division at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland[3] and represented England in a third Games, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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- Weightlifters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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