| Edwin Bowey | |
| Nickname: | Eddie Bowey |
| Birth Date: | 1928 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Death Date: | 2016 (aged 87–88) |
| Death Place: | Enfield, London, England |
Edwin Bowey (5 January 1928 – 2016) was a British wrestler who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] [2]
Bowey competed in the 1948 Olympic Games.
Bowey represented England and won a bronze medal in the 60 kg division at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[3] [4]
During the Games in 1950 he lived at George Crescent, Muswell Hill, London and was a horticulturist by trade. He emigrated to New Zealand the following year and worked as a lumberjack but later returned to England to work as a gardener. He had an interest in yoga since the 1940s and travelled to India in the Sixties. In 2012, he was part of a photo essay on the 1948 British Olympians.[5]
Bowey died in Enfield, London in 2016.[2]