Brian Aspen

Brian Aspen (born 6 April 1959) is a male retired British wrestler.

Brian Aspen
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1959-04-06) 6 April 1959
Bolton, England
Sport
SportWrestling

Wrestling career

He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] He appeared in four Commonwealth Games winning three medals. The first medal (a bronze) came representing England in the 62kg featherweight division, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[2] Four years later he won a gold medal representing England and in the 57kg bantamweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3] The third medal (another bronze) was at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh [4] and a fourth Games appearance was at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where he finished in seventh place.[5]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brian Aspen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. "1978 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.