Chung Kum Weng
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| Nationality | Malaysian / British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 May 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 2025 (aged 90) Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Chung Kum Weng (12 May 1934 – February 2025) was a Malaysian weightlifter who competed at two Olympic Games[1] and won Commonwealth Games gold.
Biography
Chung won silver at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in the featherweight class, where he represented Malaysia.[2]
He competed for Malaysia at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3]
He represented the 1966 Welsh team[4] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, participating in the featherweight class,[5] winning the gold medal.[6]
Chung died in Cardiff, Wales, in February 2025, at the age of 90.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Kum-Weng CHUNG - Olympic Weightlifting | Malaysia". International Olympic Committee. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ↑ "Chung Kum Weng | Commonwealth Games Federation". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chung Kum Weng Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ↑ "Wales Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ "Ron Jones to lead strong Welsh team". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 June 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 27 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Weightlifting". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ "In Memory of Chung Kum Weng (1934 – 2025)". britishweightlifting.org. British Weight Lifting (BWL). Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ↑ "Weightlifter, 90, dies stuck among hoarding, inquest hears". BBC News. 2 July 2026. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
External links
- Chung Kum Weng at Olympedia
- Chung Kum Weng at InterSportStats
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- Malaysian male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for Malaya
- Olympic weightlifters for Malaysia
- Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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- Sportspeople from Ipoh
- Welsh male weightlifters
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia
- Weightlifters at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in weightlifting
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- Commonwealth Games weightlifters for Wales
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