Launceston Elliot
Launceston Elliot (born June 9, 1874 in Bombay , † August 8, 1930 in Melbourne , Australia ) was a Scottish athlete.
Life
Elliot came from a family of officials who held many high positions in the British Empire. His great-grandfather was governor of Madras and his grandfather Charles Elliot was governor of Saint Helena . He himself was born in India , where his father Gilbert Wray Elliot was a judge.
Career
Elliot won the one-armed weightlifting competition at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 . He was the first Scottish Olympic champion . In two-armed weightlifting , he finished second behind the Dane Viggo Jensen . He also took part in wrestling (4th place), shackling (5th place) and athletics . He also went to the games in Paris four years later, but could only achieve eleventh place in the discus throw.
Web links
- Entry into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
- Portrait in the BBC series A Sporting Nation
- Launceston Elliot in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Olympic champion in weightlifting with no weight limit1896: Launceston Elliot (one-armed) and Viggo Jensen (two-armed) | 1904: Oscar Osthoff (one-armed) and Perikles Kakousis (two-armed) | 1906 (unofficial) : Josef Steinbach (one-armed) and Dimitrios Tofalos (two-armed)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elliot, Launceston |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish athlete and Olympic champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bombay |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1930 |
| Place of death | Melbourne |