James Halliday

James "Jim" Halliday (born January 19, 1918 in Farnworth , Greater Manchester , † June 6, 2007 ) was an English weightlifter .

Career

Jim, as he was commonly known, began lifting weights in 1938 but soon had to move to WWII . There he fought in East Asia and was taken prisoner by Japan. After his release, he resumed weightlifting and started at the 1948 Olympic Games in London . He won a bronze medal there. At the British Empire Games in 1950 and 1954, he took first place in his weight class. At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , he was eliminated unplaced due to a total failure in pushing. He did not participate in any other international championships.

Jim Halliday lived very old in Farnworth, a part of Bolton . After his active career, he earned many services as a youth supervisor and trainer in youth clubs and sports clubs. In March 2005 he received a prestigious award from Bolton City Council for this.

International success

• 1948, bronze medal , Olympic Games in London , lightweight, with 340 kg, behind Ibrahim Shams , Egypt , 360 kg and Attiah Mohamed , Egypt, 360 kg;
• 1950, 1st place , British Empire Games , lightweight, with 345 kg, ahead of Tong Saw Pak, Malaya , 335 kg and Vern Barberis , Australia , 330 kg;
• 1954, 1st place , British Empire and Commonwealth Games , middleweight, with 362.5 kg, in front of De Freitas, Trinidad and Tobago , 345 kg

National successes

Jim Halliday was multiple British light and middleweight champions.

Web links

• James Halliday in Top Lifters of the 20th Century
• James Halliday on the cover of Health and Strength magazine
• James Halliday in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )