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Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Hillingdon, Greater London | 5 March 1955|||||||||||||||||
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Club | South Ruislip LC | |||||||||||||||||
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Stephen 'Steve' Pinsent (born 1955), is a male former weightlifter who competed for Great Britain and England.
Weightlifting career
Pinsent represented Great Britain in the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 75 kg middleweight division, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[2] Four years later he represented England and won a gold medal in the 75 kg middleweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3][4]
Personal life
His brother Peter Pinsent is also a former Olympic weightlifter.
References
- ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- 1955 births
- English male weightlifters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Weightlifters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain
- Living people
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- British weightlifting biography stubs