Arnold Parsons

Arnold Parsons
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1926-12-25)25 December 1926
London, England
Died28 September 2022(2022-09-28) (aged 95)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event
Featherweight
ClubAshdown AC, Islington
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place1950 Auckland62 kg

Arnold Stewart Parsons (25 December 1926 – 28 September 2022) was an English wrestler who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

At the 1948 Olympic Games in London, Parsons competed for Great Britain in the freestyle featherweight category.[2]

He represented the English team[3] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[4] where he won the bronze medal in the featherweight category.[5][6][7]

Parsons was a four-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships in 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1948.[8]

Parsons died on 28 September 2022, at the age of 95.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arnold Parsons". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Arnold Parsons". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Bowey for Empire Games". Evening News (London). 12 November 1949. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Jack Archer will fly to Games". Nottingham Journal. 7 December 1949. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. ↑ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
  8. ↑ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
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