Creus was born in Liverpool on 30 June 1917. His father, Barcelona-born Julio José Pedro Creus, had been killed two months earlier on 21 April when the ship on which he was serving, S.S. Pontiac, was attacked by a U-Boat. The Commonwealth War Graves record shows that at the time the family were living at 59 Kent Street in the Toxteth area of Liverpool. He competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London in the bantamweight event where he finished in second place. He competed at both the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne both at featherweight finishing ninth and equal eleventh respectively.[1]
julian, creus, june, 1917, september, 1992, british, weightlifter, personal, informationnationality, englandborn30, june, 1917liverpooldied9, september, 1992, aged, medal, record, weightliftingrepresenting, united, kingdomolympic, games1948, london, kgrepresen. Julian Creus 30 June 1917 9 September 1992 was a British weightlifter Julian CreusPersonal informationNationality EnglandBorn30 June 1917LiverpoolDied9 September 1992 aged 75 Medal record WeightliftingRepresenting United KingdomOlympic Games1948 London 56 kgRepresenting EnglandBritish Empire Games1950 Auckland 60 kgCareer editCreus was born in Liverpool on 30 June 1917 His father Barcelona born Julio Jose Pedro Creus had been killed two months earlier on 21 April when the ship on which he was serving S S Pontiac was attacked by a U Boat The Commonwealth War Graves record shows that at the time the family were living at 59 Kent Street in the Toxteth area of Liverpool He competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London in the bantamweight event where he finished in second place He competed at both the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne both at featherweight finishing ninth and equal eleventh respectively 1 He represented England and won a silver medal in the 60 kg division at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland New Zealand 2 3 References edit Profile Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Athletes and results Commonwealth Games Federation 1950 Athletes Team England nbsp This biographical article relating to weightlifting in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Julian Creus amp oldid 1157035122, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
