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 the middle heavyweight division in 1955.[3]
References
^Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
harold, cleghorn, robert, december, 1912, october, 1996, weightlifting, competitor, zealand, personal, informationbirth, namerobert, born, 1912, december, 1912auckland, zealanddied10, october, 1996, 1996, aged, weight109, sportcountry, zealandsportweightliftin. Robert Harold Cleghorn 27 December 1912 10 October 1996 was a weightlifting competitor for New Zealand Harold CleghornPersonal informationBirth nameRobert Harold CleghornBorn 1912 12 27 27 December 1912Auckland New ZealandDied10 October 1996 1996 10 10 aged 83 Weight109 kg 240 lb SportCountry New ZealandSportWeightliftingAchievements and titlesNational finalsMiddle heavyweight champion 1955 Heavyweight champion 1937 1938 1939 1940 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 Medal record Commonwealth Games1950 Auckland 110 kg1954 Vancouver 110 kgHe 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 the middle heavyweight division in 1955 3 References Edit Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website Profile at sports reference com Todd Sydney P 1966 Champions All Invercargill A J Owen p 282 This biographical article relating to weightlifting in New Zealand is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harold Cleghorn amp oldid 1101495520, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
