Roy Purchase

Roy Purchase
Medal record
Featherweight
Representing  Australia
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1938 Sydney

Roy Purchase was an Australian wrestler who represented Australia in the 1938 British Empire Games.[1]

Career

Purchase was New South Wales and Australian featherweight champion in 1937.[2]

He won gold in the featherweight (up to 62 kg) wrestling category at the 1938 British Empire Games.[3][4]

Purchase would have represented Australia at the 1940 Olympic Games but World War II meant they were cancelled.[5] Post-war, he wrestled in the NSW state championships in the lightweight division in 1947, reaching the finals in 1948.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Roy Purchase Results | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  2. ^ "Telegraph Gives Sports Trophies". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XI, no. 195. New South Wales, Australia. 6 November 1946. p. 22. Retrieved 18 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Australia Gold Medals Sydney 1938 | Commonwealth Games Federation". 2019-06-17. Archived from the original on 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  4. ^ "Skilful Wrestler". Tribune. No. 47. New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 1 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Treloar, John (2021-05-14). "Travails of Tokyo 2020 recall the lost Games of 1940". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  6. ^ "Turf – Sport spots". Daily Mirror. No. 2346. New South Wales, Australia. 6 December 1948. p. 15 (Late Final Extra). Retrieved 18 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.