George Russel Manners | |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1938 |
Birth Place: | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Death Date: | August 2021 (aged 83) |
Death Place: | England |
Occupation: | Weightlifting coach |
Country: | England |
Sport: | Olympic weightlifting |
Olympics: | Tokyo 1964 |
George Russell Manners (25 January 1938 - August 2021) was a male weightlifter who competed for England.
Manners represented Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics finishing in 15th place in the light-heavyweight category.[1] He represented England and finished fifth in the -60 kg combined category at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2] He won two silver medals at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games respectively.[3] [4] [5]
He migrated to England in 1957 and was a plumber by trade.[1] He died in August 2021 at the age of 83.[6]