Arnold Parsons
British wrestler (1926–2022)
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Arnold Stewart Parsons (25 December 1926 – 28 September 2022) was an English wrestler who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
NationalityBritish (English)
Born25 December 1926
London, England
Died28 September 2022 (aged 95)
SportWrestling
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1926 London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 September 2022 (aged 95) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Ashdown AC, Islington | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
At the 1948 Olympic Games in London, Parsons competed for Great Britain in the freestyle featherweight category.[2]
He represented the English team[3] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[4] where he won the bronze medal in the featherweight category.[5][6][7]
Parsons was a four-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships in 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1948.[8]
Parsons died on 28 September 2022, at the age of 95.[2]
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