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Denis McNamara
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	25 August 1926; Camberwell, London, England
Died	19 November 2009 (aged 83)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Medal record
Wrestling
Representing England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games

Denis McNamara (25 August 1926 – 19 November 2009) was a British wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle heavyweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[1]

He was a British heavyweight champion and represented England and won a bronze medal in 100 kg heavyweight, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.^[2] He then competed at the next two Commonwealth Games and won consecutive bronze medals at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica^[3]^[4] and the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[5]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Denis McNamara Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.