Ernest Peppiatt
English weightlifter (1917–1979)
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Ernest James Peppiatt (27 July 1917 – 4 September 1979) was a British weightlifter. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.[1]
NationalityBritish (English)
BornErnest James Peppiatt
27 July 1917
27 July 1917
St. Pancras, London, England
Died4 September 1979 (aged 62)
Matangi, Waikato, New Zealand
SportWeightlifting
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | Ernest James Peppiatt 27 July 1917 St. Pancras, London, England |
| Died | 4 September 1979 (aged 62) Matangi, Waikato, New Zealand |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
Event | Middleweight |
| Club | Kentish Town Weightlifting Club |
Biography
At the 1948 Olympic Games in London, Peppiatt competed in the men's middleweight event.[2]
He represented the English team[3] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[4] where he finished 5th in the middleweight 75 kg division.[5][6]
Peppiatt was a member of the Kentish Town Weightlifting Club, where he would later become a coach. This led to him also becoming the weightlifting coach to the British team for Tokyo Olympics in 1964.[2]
