Giles Greenwood Explained

Nationality:	English
Birth Date:	26 January 1971
Birth Place:	London
Weight:	123kg (271lb)
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	- +105kg

Giles Greenwood is a male former weightlifting competitor for England and current weightlifting coach.

Weightlifting career

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester he won a gold medal in the 105+ kg snatch, a silver in the combined and a bronze in the clean and jerk. Previously he had competed at both the 1994 Commonwealth Games for England^{[1] [2]} and the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur for England where he won a silver medal in the snatch and a bronze medal in the combined.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)					Clean & Jerk (kg)					Total	Rank
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Representing
World Championships
			160.0	165.0	172.5	172.5	20	200.0	207.5	207.5	200.0	30	372.5	22
	Guangzhou, China^[6]	+108 kg	155.0	162.5	167.5	162.5	20	185.0	192.5	200.0	192.5	19	355.0	19
	Istanbul, Turkey^[7]	108 kg	140.0	145.0	150.0	150.0	23	175.0	180.0	185.0	180.0	25	330.0	24
European Championships
		+105 kg	160.0	165.0	—	165.0	13	190.0	197.5	—	197.5	14	362.5	14
		+105 kg	155.0	160.0	160.0	160.0	9	180.0	185.0	190.0	185.0	9	345.0	8
		+105 kg	160.0	165.0	170.0	160.0	12	190.0	200.0	205.0	200.0	13	365.0	12
		+105 kg	150.0	160.0	160.0	150.0	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		+105 kg	152.5	160.0	160.0	160.0	15	182.5	190.0	195.0	190.0	16	350.0	15
		108 kg				152.5	9				182.5	13	335.0	11
Representing
Commonwealth Games *
		+105 kg	175.0	180.0	180.0	180.0		192.5	200.0	207.5	207.5		387.5
		+105 kg	160.0	162.5	162.5	162.5					190.0	4	352.5
		+108 kg				—	—				—	—	—	—

• By 2002, medals were awarded in all three categories.

References

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/other_sports/weightlifting/newsid_2170000/2170139.stm

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1994 Athletes. Team England.
2. Web site: England team in 1994. Commonwealth Games Federation. 23 October 2019. 7 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all. dead.
3. Web site: 1998 Athletes. Team England.
4. Web site: England team in 1998. Commonwealth Games Federation. 23 October 2019. 30 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all. dead.
5. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
6. Web site: 67th World Championships. 30 November 2018. www.iwrp.net.
7. Web site: 66th World Championships. 30 November 2018. www.iwrp.net.