John McNiven (12 June 1935 – 26 June 2024) was a Scottish weightlifter who competed at six Commonwealth Games, winning two bronze medals at the 1970 Commonwealth Games and the 1974 Commonwealth Games.[1]
McNiven won twenty five Scottish National championships. He also competed in 18 World Masters events, winning 14 of them. McNiven was the first weightlifter to receive the World Masters Hall of Fame Award in 1993.
McNiven also worked as a fitter for Regional Railways; he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1994 New Year Honours for services to the sport of weightlifting.[2] [3] He was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. McNiven died on 26 June 2024, at the age of 89.[4]