Harold Cleghorn
New Zealand weightlifter (1912–1996)
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| Birth name | Robert Harold Cleghorn | |||||||||||
| Born | (1912-12-27)27 December 1912 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||
| Died | 10 October 1996(1996-10-10) (aged 83) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 109 kg (240 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Country |  New Zealand | |||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| National finals | Middle heavyweight champion (1955) Heavyweight champion (1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Harold Cleghorn (27 December 1912 – 10 October 1996) was a weightlifting competitor for New Zealand.
He won the gold medal at the 1950 British Empire Games in the men's 110 kg division. At the 1954 British Empire Games, he won the bronze medal in the same event.[1]
He represented New Zealand at the 1952 Summer Olympics where he placed 7th overall in the men's heavyweight.[2]
Cleghorn won 11 New Zealand national weightlifting championship titles: in the heavyweight division in consecutive years from 1937 to 1940, and then again from 1949 to 1954; and in the middle heavyweight division in 1955.[3]
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1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team
- Neil Bates
- Dave Batten
- Kevin Beardsley
- Johnny Borland
- Bev Brewis
- Gordon Bromley
- Johnny Brown
- Max Carr
- Jack Clarke
- Claude Clegg
- Dave Dephoff
- Ruth Dowman
- Arthur Eustace
- Pixie Fletcher
- Keith Forsythe
- Lionel Fox
- Arthur Fuller
- Noeline Gourley
- Shirley Hardman
- Doug Harris
- Joan Hart
- Peter Henderson
- Doug Herman
- Wallace Heron
- Allen Hill
- John Holland
- George Hoskins
- Bevin Hough
- Graham Jeffries
- Roy Johnson
- Don Jowett
- Colin Kay
- Stan Lay
- Jim Leckie
- Colin Lousich
- Arthur Lydiard
- Clyde Main
- Colleen Malone
- Maurice Marshall
- George Martin
- Raymond McKenzie
- Keith Morgan
- John Myles
- Harold Nelson
- Dorothea Parker
- Clem Parker
- Gus Redmond
- Eric Rhodes
- Merv Richards
- Cleone Rivett-Carnac
- Lesley Rowe
- June Schoch
- Janet Shackleton
- Cliff Simpson
- Jack Sinclair
- Lionel Smith
- Barry Steel
- Derek Steward
- Jack Sutherland
- Noelene Swinton
- Noel Taylor
- Yvette Williams
- Neil Wilson
- Roy Woolley
- Jim Barnden
- James Beal
- Robert Broadhurst
- Frank Creagh
- Bert Maddern
- James McIvor
- William Paterson
- Christopher Rollinson
- Graham Avery
- Nick Carter
- Alan Dean
- James Downie
- Graham Hughes
- Ted Lambert
- Les Lock
- Don Olive
- Malcolm Simpson
- Allen Stonex
- Frank Tredrea
- Joyce Carpenter
- Owen Jaine
- Betty Moore
- Mayzod Reid
- Jack Stewart
- Florence Andrews
- H.E. Cox
- Charles Dearing
- William Elsom
- Eric Flaws
- Austen Gittos
- Murray Gittos
- Trevor Hadley
- Olga Jekyll
- J.H. Malcolm
- Allan McLeavey
- Nathaniel Millar
- J. Shaw
- Julius Stafford
- Joseph Ward
- Patricia Woodroffe
- Dudley Wright
- Arthur Engebretsen
- Phil Exelby
- Robert Henry
- Noel Jolly
- James Pirret
- Fred Russell
- Pete Skoglund
- Donald Adam
- Kerry Ashby
- Murray Ashby
- Bill Carroll
- Bruce Culpan
- Thomas Engel
- David Gould
- Humphrey Gould
- Tristan Hegglun
- Bill James
- Grahame Jarratt
- Ted Johnson
- Colin Johnstone
- John O'Brien
- Don Rowlands
- Joe Schneider
- Des Simonson
- Edwin Smith
- Bill Tinnock
- Michael Amos
- Lyall Barry
- Norma Bridson
- Colin Callan
- Colin Chambers
- Noel Chambers
- Trevor Eagle
- Roger Gibbs
- Winifred Griffin
- Peter Hanan
- Joan Hastings
- Kristin Jacobi
- Buddy Lucas
- Helen Mackenzie
- Peter Mathieson
- John Shanahan
- Jean Stewart
- Margaret Sweeney
- Charles Brown
- Jim Cameron
- Terry Harris
- Bob Hatchwell
- Barrie Hutchinson
- Tom Logan
- Edward Raven
- Jim Walsh
- Neil Williams
- Wally Williams
- Trevor Clark
- Harold Cleghorn
- Tony George
- Lewis Lawn
- Edwin Norton
- John Armitt
- Peter Fletcher
- Gordon Hobson
- Eric Matthews
- Jack Monaghan
- Doug Mudgway
- Pat O'Connor
- Arthur Sneddon
Chef de Mission: Bill Holley
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