Chris Morgan (powerlifter)

Chris Morgan (born 16 March 1973) is a British powerlifter competing in the 75 kg class. He won the silver medal in the World Drug-Free Powerlifting Finals in Atlanta in November 2004, the gold medal in December 2005 at the finals in Turin and Bronze medal in November 2006 at the finals in Ireland.^[1]

Morgan is openly gay and competed in several Gay Games, an event for gay sportspeople. He won silver in Amsterdam 1998,^[2] gold in Sydney 2002^[3] and 4 golds in Chicago 2006.^[4] He holds Gay Games records in squat (225 kg), deadlift (250 kg) and overall poundage (575 kg).^[5]

Chris is an Ambassador to the Federation of Gay Games^[6] and Gay Games Cologne 2010.^[7] He is a member of the English Football Associations Advisory Group on Homophobia^[8] and is sponsored by sportswear manufacturer Umbro.^[8]

References

1. ^ "World Drug Free Power Lifting Federation: Results". Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20080504144136/http://www.worlddrugfreepowerliftingfederation.org/results.html. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
2. ^ "Gay Games V - Amsterdam: Weight Lifting Results". 1998. http://www.gaygames.com/en/participants/results/gg5/results/weight_lifting.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-02. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Participate - Chris Morgan wins gold in Sydney". 2002. http://gaygames.com/en/participate/participate0102.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-02. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Gay Games VII - Chicago: Power Lifting Results" (pdf). 2006. http://www.gaygameschicago.org/images/Sports/PowerLifting/results-powerlifting.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
5. ^ "Chris Morgan's website: Achievements". http://www.chunkymuscle.com/achievements.html. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
6. ^ "Federation of Gay Games - Ambassadors". http://www.gaygames.com/en/participants/ambassadors/morgan.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-02. ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ "Ambassadors - Gay Games Cologne 2010". http://www.games-cologne.de/en/gay-games/ambassadors. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
8. ^ ^{a b} "Gay powerlifter picks up historic UK sponsorship". gay.com. 2006-10-05. http://www.gay.com/news/article.do?sernum=2006/10/05/3&page=1. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 

External links

• Chris Morgan's website

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