Dave Morgan (weightlifter)
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Dave Morgan (born 1964) is a Welsh weightlifter.
Record
Morgan won the British under-16 championship in 1979. He became the youngest ever Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion in 1982 at Brisbane, at 17 years of age. Competing in the lightweight class (67.5 kg), he achieved 132.5 kg in the snatch and 162.5 kg in the clean and jerk to defeat former champion Basil (Bill) Stellios of Australia. Morgan is the only competitor to win medals in six different Commonwealth Games, with victories in 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002. He won two gold and one silver medals in 2002 at Manchester (with 145 kg in the snatch and 160 in the clean and jerk),[1] bringing his career medal total to twelve (nine gold, three silver).
Morgan recorded his best attempt in the snatch at the 1984 Junior World Championships, with a lift of 150 kg which gave him the gold in the snatch in the 75 kg class. He then went on to finish second overall after a clean and jerk of 180k. This was the first time in 27 years that a British weightlifter has won a gold medal in a world championship.
Morgan placed fourth in the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Morgan competed in the 82.5 kg class and finished fourth again with a total of 365 kg. David morgan is also the only person in history to have won overall gold in 5 commonwealth games.[2]
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Welsh weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales
- Weightlifters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
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