Russell Perry (weightlifter)

Neville Pery
Personal information
Full nameRussell Neville Pery
NationalityAustralian
Born (1938-03-13) 13 March 1938 (age 86)
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
CommonwealthGames
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kingston Men's Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh Men's Middleweight

Russell Neville Pery (born 13 March 1938), also known as Neville Russell Pery or Russell Perry, is an Australian weightlifter. He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division and in the 1968 Summer Olympics in the light heavyweight division.[1][2] He is from Townsville in Queensland.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Neville Pery". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Russell Perry". Lift Up: History of Olympic weightlifting. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Olympic Walk (Walk of Fame)". Monument Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2018.


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