Roy Hollingsworth Explained

Roy Hollingsworth
Birth Date:	1933 12, df=y
Birth Place:	Trinidad
Occupation:	Athlete

Roy Anselm Hollingsworth (born 28 December 1933^[1]) is a former international athlete.

Athletics career

Born in Trinidad, he represented England in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games before representing Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the discus and came tenth in that competition. Representing Trinidad, he came fifth in the 1966 Commonwealth Games.^[2] He was the British National discus champion on one occasion. He was affiliated to Highgate Harriers and his personal best was 56.71m in 1963.^{[3] [4]} In 1969, Hollingsworth married Afro-Puerto Rican Georgina Falú Pesante and they had one son, Rey Hollingsworth Falú.^[5] Roy A. Hollingsworth died on September 17, 2014.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035948/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/roy-hollingsworth-1.html Profile at sports reference
2. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/commonwealth/1966_m.asp Sporting heroes.net Commonwealth Games 1966 results
3. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
4. Web site: 1962 Athletes. Team England.
5. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/georgina-falu-1939/ Georgina Falú Pesante on BlackPast
6. http://www.classifieds.guardian.co.tt/deathnotices/2014-09-20/%E2%80%8Bhollingsworth-roy-anslem Obituary, Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 20 September 2014