Thomas Yule
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| Full name | Thomas Litster Yule | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Briton | |||||||||||||
| Born |
15 March 1976 Johannesburg, South Africa | |||||||||||||
| Residence | Sheffield, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 94 kg and 105 kg | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 16 February 2016. | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas ("Tommy") Litster Yule (born 15 March 1976) is a former weightlifter. Born in South Africa, he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Yule twice claimed a bronze medal for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games: 2002 and 2006. In 1998 he represented England at the Commonwealth Games where he won 3 silver medals.[1]
Yule was educated at Park House School and then St Batholomew's School in Newbury before attending Brasenose College, University of Oxford where in 1998 he received an MEng degree in Engineering Science.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing  | ||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2000 |  | 105 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2007 |  | 94 kg | 142 | 38 | 175 | 36 | 317 | 35 | ||||
| 2003 |  | 94 kg | — | 175.0 | 30 | — | — | |||||
| 1999 |  | 105 kg | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 24 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 25 | 365.0 | 24 | |
| 1998 |  | 105 kg | 150.0 | 157.5 | 23 | — | — | — | ||||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2008 |  | 94 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2007 |  | 94 kg | 146 | 16 | 177 | 16 | 323 | 16 | ||||
| 2003 | | 94 kg | 150.0 | 14 | 175.0 | 185.0 | 12 | 335.0 | 12 | |||
| 2000 |  | 105 kg | 160.0 | 165.0 | 14 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 13 | 362.5 | 12 | ||
| 1998 |  | 105 kg | 152.5 | 15 | 190.0 | 12 | 342.5 | 12 | ||||
Representing  | ||||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games * | ||||||||||||
| 2010 |  | 105 kg | 147 | 5 | 180 | 5 | 327 | 6 | ||||
| 2006 | | 94 kg | 146 | 151 | 2 | 175 | 6 | 326 |  | |||
| 2002 |  | 94 kg | 152.5 | 157.5 | | — | — | —[3] | ||||
* By 2002, medals were awarded in all three categories.
References
- ↑ "Biography - Thomas Litster Yule". www.melbourne2006.com.au. Archived from the original on September 10, 2006.
- ↑ "Men 94 kg - Result". www.melbourne2006.com.au. Archived from the original on October 10, 2006.
- ↑ "2002 Commonwealth Games Results" (PDF). BWL. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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