Peter May (weightlifter) explained

Fullname:	Peter May
Birth Date:	18 June 1966
Birth Place:	Enfield, Greater London, United Kingdom
Height:	180 cm
Weight:	84.78kg (186.91lb)
Sport:	Weightlifting
Weight Class:	85 kg
Club:	Old Wheatshead
Team:	National team
Show-Medals:	yes

Peter May (born 18 June 1966 in Enfield) is a British male weightlifter.

Weightlifting career

May competed in the 85 kg category representing England and Great Britain at international competitions. He participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 kg event and at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 90 kg event. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.^[1]

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 82.5 kg light-heavyweight, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[2] He then won three silver medals representing England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand during an unusual period when three medals were awarded in one category (clean and jerk, snatch and combined) which invariably led to the same athlete winning all three of the same colour medal.^[3] He won another three silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.^[4]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
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Summer Olympics
	Barcelona, Spain											7
	Seoul, South Korea											13
World Championships
	Vancouver, Canada		150	155	155	28	175	180	185	26	335	27
			155	160	162.5	14	185	190	190	15	350	13
			150	150	150	19	185	185	187.5	---	0	---

References

1. Web site: 2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Peter May. iwf.net. 23 June 2016.
2. Web site: 1986 Athletes. Team England.
3. Web site: 1990 Athletes. Team England.
4. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.