Brian Aspen
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| Born | 6 April 1959 Bolton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Aspen (born 6 April 1959) is a British retired wrestler.
Wrestling career
[edit]He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] He appeared in four Commonwealth Games winning three medals. The first medal (a bronze) came representing England in the 62 kg featherweight division, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[2] Four years later he won a gold medal representing England and in the 57 kg bantamweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3] The third medal (another bronze) was at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh[4] and a fourth Games appearance was at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where he finished in seventh place.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brian Aspen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
[edit]- Brian Aspen at the International Wrestling Database
- Brian Aspen at Olympedia
- Brian Aspen at Team GB
- Brian Aspen at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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