Gerald Perrin

Gerald Perrin
Personal information
NationalityBritish/Jamaican
Born (1946-11-17) 17 November 1946
Kingston, Jamaica
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event
Featherweight
ClubKentish Town WC, London
Medal record
Weightlifting
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1970 Edinburgh-60kg Combined

Gerald Perrin (born 17 November 1946), is a male retired weightlifter who competed for Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Born in Jamaica, Perrin at the age of nine, moved from Jamaica to the London Borough of Camden. He joined the Kentish Town Weightlifting Club in London.[2]

In 1967 he won the senior British featherweight title and at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Perrin participated in the men's 60 kg featherweight division.[2]

Perrin represented England in the -60 kg featherweight category, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[3][4][5] winning a gold medal.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
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