Denis McNamara | |
Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Birth Date: | 25 August 1926 |
Birth Place: | Camberwell, London, England |
Denis McNamara (25 August 1926 - 19 November 2009) was a British wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle heavyweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
He was a British heavyweight champion and represented England and won a bronze medal in 100 kg heavyweight, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[2] He then competed at the next two Commonwealth Games and won consecutive bronze medals at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica[3] [4] and the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[5]