Fullname: | Anthony Arthur |
Birth Date: | 2 March 1973 |
Birth Place: | Manchester, United Kingdom |
Height: | 175 cm |
Weight: | 83.98kg (185.14lb) |
Country: | |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Weight Class: | 85 kg |
Team: | National team |
Anthony Arthur (born 2 March 1973 in Manchester) is a retired British male weightlifter, competing in the 85 kg category and representing Great Britain and England at international competitions.
He participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 83 kg event. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships.[1] He represented England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he won a bronze medal in the 94 kg snatch category.[2] [3] Four years later he competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the 85 kg division and won two silver medals in the combined and snatch and a bronze medal in the clean and jerk.[4]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
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Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||
Atlanta, United States | 140 | 147.5 | N/A | 170 | 180 | N/A | 327.5 | 12 | |||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||
Antalya, Turkey | 135 | 140 | 17 | 165 | 170 | 17 | 310 | 15 | |||||||
150 | 155 | --- | 31 | 155 | --- | --- | 52 | 310 | 41 |