Harold Cleghorn

Harold Cleghorn
Personal information
Birth nameRobert Harold Cleghorn
Born(1912-12-27)27 December 1912
Auckland, New Zealand
Died10 October 1996(1996-10-10) (aged 83)
Weight109 kg (240 lb)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportWeightlifting
Achievements and titles
National finalsMiddle heavyweight champion (1955)
Heavyweight champion (1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954)
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1950 Auckland 110 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Vancouver 110 kg

Robert Harold Cleghorn (27 December 1912 – 10 October 1996) was a weightlifting competitor for New Zealand.

He won the gold medal at the 1950 British Empire Games in the men's 110 kg division. At the 1954 British Empire Games, he won the bronze medal in the same event.[1]

He represented New Zealand at the 1952 Summer Olympics where he placed 7th overall in the men's heavyweight.[2]

Cleghorn won 11 New Zealand national weightlifting championship titles: in the heavyweight division in consecutive years from 1937 to 1940, and then again from 1949 to 1954; and in the middle heavyweight division in 1955.[3]

References

  1. ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Profile at sports-reference.com
  3. ^ Todd, Sydney P. (1966). Champions All. Invercargill: A.J. Owen. p. 282.


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