John Wright (weightlifter)

Wright was from Rosyth^[1] and was based at the Rosyth Physical Culture School.^[2] Wright first competed in the Scottish Championships in 1957^[3][4]

He represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team^[5][6] at the 1958 British Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales,^[7][8] participating in the middleweight category.^[9]

Wright went on to be the 1959 Scottish middleweight champion^[2] and represented Fife at regional level and won another Scottish middleweight title in 1961.^[10] He continued to represent Scotland at international level and in 1961 was in Scottish team for the international match against Wales.^[11]