Ray Cazaux
British wrestler (1917–1999)
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Raymond Cazaux (3 July 1917 – 11 September 1999) was an English freestyle sport wrestler who competed for Great Britain at two Olympic Games.[1]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1917 Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 September 1999 (aged 82) Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | College Physical Culture Club, Bradford | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Cazaux was born in Liverpool to a French father. He lived in Bradford and was a manager in a bakery.[2]
He competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, participating in the freestyle bantamweight tournament.[2]
He represented England at the 1938 British Empire Games[3] in Sydney, Australia, where he competed in the freestyle bantamweight class, winning a bronze medal.[4][5][6]
Ten years later he finished fifth in the freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]
Cazaux was a eight-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships in 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1949 and 1950.[7]
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