Born in Trinidad, he represented England in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games before representing Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the discus and came tenth in that competition. Representing Trinidad, he came fifth in the 1966 Commonwealth Games.[2] He was the British National discus champion on one occasion. He was affiliated to Highgate Harriers and his personal best was 56.71m in 1963.[3][4] In 1969, Hollingsworth married Afro-Puerto Rican Georgina Falú Pesante and they had one son, Rey Hollingsworth Falú.[5] Roy A. Hollingsworth died on September 17, 2014.[6]
hollingsworth, anselm, hollingsworth, born, december, 1933, former, international, athlete, born, 1933, december, 1933, trinidadoccupationathleteheight6, athletics, career, editborn, trinidad, represented, england, 1962, british, empire, commonwealth, games, b. Roy Anselm Hollingsworth born 28 December 1933 1 is a former international athlete Roy HollingsworthBorn 1933 12 28 28 December 1933 age 90 1 TrinidadOccupationAthleteHeight6 ft 3 in 1 91 m Athletics career editBorn in Trinidad he represented England in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games before representing Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the discus and came tenth in that competition Representing Trinidad he came fifth in the 1966 Commonwealth Games 2 He was the British National discus champion on one occasion He was affiliated to Highgate Harriers and his personal best was 56 71m in 1963 3 4 In 1969 Hollingsworth married Afro Puerto Rican Georgina Falu Pesante and they had one son Rey Hollingsworth Falu 5 Roy A Hollingsworth died on September 17 2014 6 Competition recordDiscusRepresenting nbsp United KingdomOlympic Games10th 1964 Summer Olympic GamesBritish National Championships AAA 7 1st 1964Representing nbsp Trinidad and TobagoCommonwealth Games5th 1966 Commonwealth GamesCentral American and Caribbean Games1st 1966 Central American and Caribbean GamesBritish National Championships AAA 7 2nd 1960References edit a b Profile at sports reference Sporting heroes net Commonwealth Games 1966 results Athletes and results Commonwealth Games Federation 1962 Athletes Team England Georgina Falu Pesante on BlackPast Obituary Trinidad amp Tobago Guardian 20 September 2014 a b GBR Athletics AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to British athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roy Hollingsworth amp oldid 1156380959, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
