Eddie Bowey
British wrestler (1928–2016)
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Edwin Bowey (5 January 1928 – 2016) was a British wrestler who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
5 January 1928
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | Edwin Bowey 5 January 1928 London, England |
| Died | 2016 (aged 88) Enfield, London, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
Event | Middleweight |
| Club | Ashdown AC, Islington |
Biography
At the 1948 Olympic Games in London, Bowey competed in the freestyle middleweight category.[2]
He represented the English team[3] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[4] finished fourth in the middleweight category.[5][6] During the Games in 1950 he lived at George Crescent, Muswell Hill, London and was a horticulturist by trade.
Bowey emigrated to New Zealand the following year and worked as a lumberjack but later returned to England to work as a gardener. He had an interest in yoga since the 1940s and travelled to India in the Sixties. In 2012, he was part of a photo essay on the 1948 British Olympians.[7]
Bowey died in Enfield, London in 2016, at the age of 88.[2]
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