Ronald Grinstead
(Redirected from Ron Grinstead)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1942 London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Ronald S. Grinstead (born 25 December 1942) is a retired British international wrestler. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
He also represented England in the -82.5 kg division, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[2][3]
Four years later he won a bronze medal in the same event, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He then competed in a third consecutive Games when he appeared at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, in Christchurch, New Zealand.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ronald Grinstead Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
External links
[edit]- Ron Grinstead at the International Wrestling Database
- Ron Grinstead at Olympedia
  | This biographical article relating to a British sport wrestler or wrestling coach is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1942 births
- Living people
- British male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for Great Britain
- Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Sport wrestlers from London
- Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Wrestlers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Wrestlers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Wrestlers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- British sport wrestler stubs